Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

One of the deepest scars on our planet is hidden beneath the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. The buried crater, over 90 miles in diameter, was created when a massive asteroid struck the ...

What makes this discovery even more remarkable is how it went unnoticed for so long. Unlike famous impact sites like the Chicxulub crater in Mexico, which is associated with the extinction of the ...

Barlangi Rock is one of Australia’s 27 meteorite impact craters, including Yarrabubba. Credit: Graeme Churchard / CC BY 2.0 Researchers have confirmed the Yarrabubba crater in Australia as the oldest ...

They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.

Asteroids are the most plentiful object in the solar system by far, numbering in the millions. They also vary considerably in terms of size and composition, but what exactly are they? Where did ...

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 ...

The authors say findings could provide a new line of study into Earth's history and the early origins of life on the planet. What could be the world's oldest-known impact crater has been ...