Planetary scientists search for ancient impacts to learn about Earth’s early formation. So far, nobody has found an impact ...

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments) ...

One impact crater, two versions of events Planetary scientists search for ancient impacts to learn about Earth’s early formation. So far, nobody has found an impact crater older than the 2.23 ...

Biology may have begun with a bang.Long before the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs crashed to Earth, our planet was being bombarded by space rocks that left behind enormous craters. The reign of T.

Planetary scientists search for ancient impacts to learn about Earth's early formation. So far, nobody has found an impact crater older than the 2.23-billion-year-old Yarrabubba structure, also in ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

That's because Earth has an arsenal of forces that slowly wear away the craters left behind by impacts. And that's frustrating for scientists who want to better understand the debris hurtling around ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by 800 million years.

Unravelling Earth ’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case in point: the discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in the remote Pilbara region of ...

Unravelling Earth ’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case in point: the discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in the remote Pilbara region ...