For the last 20 years geologists have debated what caused the hole in the earth which is under the North Sea, off the East ...

Scientists have, for the first time, pinned down exactly when microbes colonized a meteorite impact crater. The team shows ...

Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...

A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New ...

India’s only saltwater lake formed by a meteorite. Explore its cosmic origins, myths, temples, wildlife, and travel tips.

Forty-three million years ago, a 160-meter-diameter asteroid hit the area now occupied by the North Sea, releasing a 30-story ...

Dawn didn’t just observe Vesta’s giant craters - it mapped the asteroid’s interior and detected signs of a once-active molten ...

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

Evidence mounting that 13,000 years ago, a comet exploded over the Earth with devastating consequences. Now there is strong ...

We generally believe that the forces shaping the Earth come from volcanoes, earthquakes, and the slow drift of continental plates. The significance of meteorite impacts cannot be overlooked, as ...

The rock, discovered by NASA’s Perseverance rover, has colorful leopard-like spots, suggesting chemical reactions possibly caused by microbial organisms. “Layering, nodules, reaction fronts ...

A team of geoscientists from the University of Oslo, led by Helge Hellevang, has now thrown their hat into the icy ring, ...