A meteor may have led to the formation of the Grand Canyon, a new study has found. While many Americans are familiar with the Grand Canyon’s beauty and uniqueness, they may not be aware of the story ...

When it comes to famous holes in the ground, northern Arizona has two: Grand Canyon and Barringer Meteorite Crater. New ...

Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have also caused the formation of an ancient lake in the Grand Canyon. This ...

View from the Grand Canyon's South Rim onto Nankoweap Delta. Remnants of a past natural dam created by a landslide are visible on the far side of the Colorado River, just to the left of the dry bed of ...

Research Grand Canyon landslide-dam and paleolake triggered by the Meteor Crater impact at 56 ka by a team from the University of New Mexico describes a lake in the Grand Canyon created by a landslide ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout Earth's history and still occur on other planetary bodies today. While most ...