(SPACE.com) -- The space rock that carved Meteor Crater in Arizona hit the planet much more slowly than astronomers once figured, but still 10 times faster than a rifle bullet. The new analysis ...

Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona is a breathtaking landscape filled with colorful badlands, ancient fossils, and ...

Meteor Crater was created more than 50,000 years ago by a massive meteor strike near Winslow, Arizona. Visitors can experience the 550-foot-deep and nearly mile-wide cavity from an air-conditioned ...

Plan an unforgettable Arizona Road Trip from Oklahoma, Texas, or New Mexico with stops at the Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, and more.

Many of the meteoritic fragments around Arizona's Meteor Crater (and also three other meteorites) contain bits of diamond. These inclusions provide information on the history of the meteorites ...