China’s Tianwen-2 mission has launched to explore an asteroid that may be a piece of the moon, as well as an active asteroid ...

After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...

Using computer simulations, the researchers uncovered a scenario in which an ancient asteroid impact briefly amplified that field, just long enough for nearby rocks to capture and record its magnetic ...

In a stunning discovery, scientists have uncovered 8,000-year-old animal carvings inside the Vredefort Crater.

Experts now think a major meteorite smacked into it 3.5billion ... The 2 billion-year-old crater can be found in South Africa and is also the world’s biggest at over 155miles across.

Aerial perspective showing Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater, Western Australia ... indistinguishable” from old rock beds in South Africa, according to the study. "[T]he tremendous amount of energy ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion ... from old rock beds in South Africa, according to the study. "[T]he tremendous amount of energy ...

THE world's oldest-known crater from an asteroid smash 3.5 billion years ago has been discovered in the Australian outback. The ancient hole, near the town of Marble Bar, north-west Australia, was ...

According to the release, the meteorite that formed the more-than-62-mile-wide (100 km) crater hit the early Earth ... from old rock beds in South Africa, indicating that the impact event may ...

More than half as wide as a football field, the “meteor crater size” rock was predicted ... America across the Atlantic to sub-Saharan Africa. He pointed out that the far eastern edge of ...

It seems humanity can breathe a slight sigh of relief for now, as NASA has reduced the chance of a 'city-killer' asteroid colliding ... leave a 3,000-foot-wide crater in the ground.

If it did collide with Earth, an asteroid of that size could cause an explosion in the atmosphere or even create an impact crater ... parts of Africa, the Arabian Sea and South Asia.