The volcanic crater lake attracts thousands of visitors each year. Those wanting to enjoy the deepest lake in the U.S. will need to schedule a visit soon, before access closes for more than two years.

The impact crater could be linked to the origins of life on Earth. The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater. Located in Western Australia, the crater has been dated to about 3.5 billion years ago, at a time when these almost ...

As snow fell across Oregon, Crater Lake National Park saw its highest snow depth so far this winter. On Friday, Matt Hoffman, chief meteorologist with KDRV-TV in Medford, wrote on Facebook that ...

In late December 2024 and early January 2025, a photo circulated on multiple social media sites claiming to show an ice-capped crater on Mars (archived) that scientists recently discovered.

Crater Lake is one of Oregon's most mystical lakes, and adding to that mystique is the fact it is the deepest in the U.S. and one of the deepest in the world. The national park is a highly sought ...

The Batagaika crater, aptly nicknamed the "Gateway to Hell," is not just a geological curiosity, it's a stark reminder of the rapid changes our planet is undergoing. Imagine a gash in the Earth so ...

Crater Lake's famously pure water and a newt that calls the lake home are under threat from the explosion of an invasive crayfish, leading to potential action under the Endangered Species Act, the ...

Dr. Rosalba Bonaccorsi is a Research Scientist at the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center where she conducted Post-Doctoral research centered on source-to-sink of organics in a deep ...

For travelers headed to Crater Lake National Park for the long holiday weekend, it’s hoped some things have changed. In March, the fifth oldest national park, which just celebrated its 122nd ...

"This would directly link a specific asteroid in space to its source crater on the Moon and suggests the existence of more small asteroids composed of lunar material yet to be discovered in near ...