The landscape is stark, dark and dramatic, formed by a series of eruptions in the last 16,000 years that have stacked layer ...

Satellites have captured amazing views views of these craters on Earth. ESA explains. Nördlinger Ries, Ouarkziz Crater, ...

Meteor craters are incredible reminders of the powerful forces of nature and the history of our planet. These massive impact sites are created when asteroids or comets collide with Earth, leaving ...

The reign of T. rex and Co. ended around a measly 66 million years ago, but geologists just discovered that what is now considered the oldest impact crater on Earth is nearly 3.5 billion years old.

Well, we measured how much of Earth’s land surface suitable for preserving a crater was near the equator at that time. Only about 30% of the suitable land was close to the equator, with 70% at ...

Curiously enough, the crater was exactly where we had hoped it would be, and its discovery supports a theory about the birth of Earth's first continents.. The very first rocks. The oldest rocks on ...

Scientists have found the oldest impact crater on Earth – and it changes our understanding of our planet and the origins of life.. The meteorite that left the crater fell to Earth 3.5 billion ...

Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...

Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, ...