The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs didn’t keep life down for long. New research shows that microscopic plankton began evolving into new species within just a few thousand years—and ...

A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Geology proposes that the same asteroid strike that carved Arizona’s Meteor Crater roughly 50,000 years ago also triggered a massive landslide inside the ...

The Silverpit crater mystery in the North Sea appears to have been solved. Scientists say it was formed by an asteroid 43 million years ago.

Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what happens when meteors strike Earth, ...

The findings end 20-year debate on whether North Sea's Silverpit crater was formed by a 43-million-year-old asteroid impact or by geological salt movement ...

New research shows structure is one of Earth’s rare impact craters after massive asteroid struck region millions of years ago ...

Discover how scientists confirmed the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was formed by an asteroid impact millions of years ago, resolving a long-standing debate.

A mysterious structure hidden beneath the North Sea puzzled scientists for decades. Now new evidence reveals it formed after ...

After years of debate, researchers have determined that the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was formed by an asteroid ...

Scientists have finally solved a years-long puzzle. New research reveals that a 160-metre wide asteroid smashed into the ...

A long-standing scientific debate has finally been resolved: the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea was formed by a massive asteroid impact around 43–46 million years ago. New research analysing ...

Asteroids would’ve supplied the raw materials, heat, and geologic plumbing to circulate prebiotic matter while also creating ...