At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

A mong the hilly forests of southern China, scientists have discovered the largest modern meteorite impact crater on Earth. Dubbed the Jinlin crater, the giant pitted scar could become an invaluable ...

Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of ...

Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might ...

The finding suggests that a giant iron asteroid smashed into what is today a glacier during the last ice age, an era known as the Pleistocene Epoch that started 2.6 million years ago. When it ended ...

Scientists are uncovering signs that Earth has been hit by powerful cosmic blasts that leave little trace on the surface yet ...

A French visitor to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, unearthed a 7.46-carat diamond on Jan. 11. Julien Navas, who lives in Paris, said he had gone out gold digging and ...

The Oregon Zoo, in partnership with the National Park Service and the High Desert Museum, has rescued 19 Mazama newts from Crater Lake National Park in an attempt to save the species from extinction.

Crater of Diamonds State Park has turned into a gold mine for Arkansas State Parks. Treasure seekers from around the world pay $15 to hunt for rocks smaller than a pencil eraser in the only diamond ...