Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and ...

In a scientific breakthrough with cosmic implications, researchers have, for the first time, precisely dated the emergence of ...

Scientists finally unravelled the mystery of the huge Silverpit Crater off Yorkshire North Sea coast in a new research study.

78 million years ago, a 1.6 km asteroid slammed into what is now Finland, creating a crater 23 km (14 mi) wide and 750 m deep ...

After a catastrophic asteroid impact 78 million years ago, life didn't just survive—it thrived, at least according to new ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case ...

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

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

The Chicxulub Impact Crater, located on the Yucatán Peninsula, represents one of Earth’s most significant impact structures and offers a unique window into catastrophic processes that reshaped the ...

Scientists thought that an Australian museum’s collection of tektites came from an 800,000-year-old asteroid strike on Earth. Some of them turned out to be much older.

Scientists have discovered that microbial life colonised the Lappajarvi impact crater in Finland shortly after a massive ...

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