Discover Meteor Crater and the Petrified Forest, two unforgettable stops on our family road trip to the Grand Canyon.

(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 ...

Step into the heart of one of Earth’s best-preserved impact sites—Arizona’s Meteor Crater. Formed over 50,000 years ago by a fiery space rock, this colossal landmark is a stunning reminder ...

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 ...

The Madison County residents were traveling through Winslow when they stopped at the site of the asteroid impact museum along Interstate 40.

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 ...