Researchers initially believed the samples came from the Moon’s mantle. Testing iron, manganese, and zinc levels showed their ...

The drive to Meteor Crater takes you through quintessential Arizona landscape – endless horizons, scattered juniper and pinyon pines, and that particular shade of rusty orange soil that seems to exist ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

Scientists verify China’s Jinlin crater in Guangdong as Earth’s largest Holocene impact site, measuring 900 meters wide and ...

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

The rare samples, uncovered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the Solar System evolved.

A new study reveals that the largest lunar crater, South Pole-Aitken basin, was formed by an oblique impact that shaped the ...

Standing at the edge of Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona feels like peering into another world—a massive bowl carved into the Earth by a visitor from space that arrived with the subtlety of a ...

Chinese scientists uncover meteorite traces in Chang’e-6 samples, revealing how water may have arrived on the moon from the ...

Natural glass fragments scattered across South Australia are now pointing out a giant asteroid impact that took place around ...

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

The Moon's largest, most ancient crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, could rewrite the textbooks on how our Moon was ...