Satellites have captured amazing views views of these craters on Earth. ESA explains. Nördlinger Ries, Ouarkziz Crater, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Most of the recognized impact craters on Earth are buried under sediments or have been deeply ...

Using insights from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), researchers have developed a tool that would reveal future ...

New research warns that if we don't hit an asteroid in exactly the right spot, it could end up on a collision course with ...

A large near-Earth asteroid, 2025 FA22, is set to make a close but safe flyby of Earth on Thursday, September 18, astronomers ...

WINSLOW, AZ (AZFamily) — An asteroid hit the Earth in what is now known as northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It left a giant crater that draws people from all over the world. Nestled between ...

An asteroid that struck Chesapeake Bay 35 million years ago left a long trail of destruction in its wake, new research ...

A new study dates a Scottish meteorite impact to 990 million years ago, changing the timeline of complex life on Earth.

In a remote desert, scientists have discovered one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It dates to well over a billion years ago, to a time when our planet was inhabited solely by single-celled life.

Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...

Researchers are learning details about asteroid impacts going back to the Earth's early history by using a new method for extracting precise information from tiny "spherules" embedded in layers of ...

Satellite view of the Bosumtwi Impact Crater showing areas of Artisanal and Small scale Gold Mining activities. Credit: David Baratoux Satellite view of the Bosumtwi Impact Crater showing areas of ...