The ConversationA shocked zircon crystal that was used to date the Yarrabubba crater suggests that the impact occurred around the same time as Earth’s global “deep freeze.” Dating meteor ...

The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden ...

On May 9, a stadium-sized potentially hazardous asteroid will pass by Earth, and you can watch the flyby happen in real time courtesy of a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project.

We've discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously ...

A meteorite impact in Scotland happened 990 million years ago, not 1.2 billion as previously thought, possibly influencing ...

These craters formed primarily during the Late Heavy Bombardment period about 4 billion years ago, when the inner Solar ...

A stock image shows an asteroid approaching planet Earth. A stock image shows an asteroid ... causing local devastation and creating an impact crater. Larger space rocks over 500 feet can cause ...

and the most recent evidence suggests it was born from a cataclysmic meteorite impact. The crater was first detected as a huge dent in Earth's gravitational field. Initial ground-based seismic and ...

"While the impact crater itself has yet to be found, this study has collected further clues that could finally reveal its ...

When colossal asteroids rock Earth, it's not all doom and gloom. The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what's now the Yucatan Peninsula.

Lonar Lake, a unique hyper-velocity meteorite impact crater in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, formed approximately 52,000 years ago. This geological marvel features a dual water composition, ...

New evidence shows a meteorite struck Scotland 990 million years ago, reshaping Earth's timeline and possibly helping early ...