Scientists have, for the first time, pinned down exactly when microbes colonized a meteorite impact crater. The team shows ...
Around 66 million years ago, a 12-kilometre-wide asteroid travelling at 43,000 km/h crashed into Earth, triggering one of the ...
Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...
Satellites have captured amazing views views of these craters on Earth. ESA explains. Nördlinger Ries, Ouarkziz Crater, ...
For the last 20 years geologists have debated what caused the hole in the earth which is under the North Sea, off the East ...
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 ...
Research indicates that pyrite began to form 5 million years after the impact, suggesting that the hydrothermal system had ...
Forty-three million years ago, a 160-meter-diameter asteroid hit the area now occupied by the North Sea, releasing a 30-story ...
After a catastrophic asteroid impact 78 million years ago, life didn't just survive—it thrived, at least according to new ...
Stargazers can tune in to the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube stream beginning at 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17 (3:00 GMT Sept.
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 ...
Astronomers are considering blowing up the “city killer” asteroid, estimated to have a small chance of crashing onto the Moon ...