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 ...

An asteroid that struck Earth more than 43 million years ago likely generated a 100-metre tsunami, a group of scientists ...

For 20 years, NASA’s ALaMO Observatory has tracked meteors and lunar impacts, providing continuous data on space hazards 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 best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. Despite being studied for over a century, recent scientific research in 2025 and 2026 has ...

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

Picture a space rock the size of a football pitch crashing into the North Sea's shallow seabed 43 to 46 million years ago.

Simulation shows off what would happen if a giant asteroid hits the ocean as scientists solve a 20 year old mystery ...

Researchers have confirmed that Silverpit Crater, buried beneath the southern North Sea, was formed by a massive asteroid impact roughly 43-46 million years ago Pexels Researchers have confirmed that ...

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

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 ...