Meteors: When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the ...

Scientists believe a newly-discovered crater believed to be the oldest in the world reveals a number of clues to the early ...

Researchers found the world’s oldest impact crater in Western Australia. The crater was created by a massive meteorite impact ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

World’s oldest impact crater found, rewriting Earth’s ancient history. Researchers from Curtin University found the ...

The hunt is on in Hawke’s Bay for New Zealand’s 11th meteorite after a fireball was filmed streaking across the night sky. And one meteorite-hunter believes someone’s securi ...

“On Earth, this early impact record has seemingly been lost, reflecting the destructive efficiency of erosion and subduction ...

The find could hold implications for understanding the origin of life here on Earth.

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

This area was hit by a meteorite 19 to 42 miles across around 2.2billion years ago. Craters can tell us a lot about the Earth’s history (Picture: Getty Images/500px Plus) When what is now known ...

The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australia...

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, ...