Just off I-40 near Route 66 lies one of Earth’s most dramatic scars—Meteor Crater. Formed 50,000 years ago by a fiery impact, this colossal site has fascinated explorers, scientists, and treasure ...

Residents in Texas and five other states report seeing a massive fireball lighting up the sky in the early morning hours.

Route 66 natural attractions include caves, craters and painted deserts. Discover wild landscapes just a short detour off the ...

By analyzing how far material ejected from an impact crater flies, scientists can locate buried glaciers and other ...

Located 35 miles east of Flagstaff and 6 miles south of Interstate 40, Meteor Crater and its fragments were first recognized after the discovery of iron fragments west of the crater near Canyon ...

according to the American Meteor Society. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The Eta Aquarids meteors have an hourly rate of approximately 10 meteors and are known be seen ...

In 2021, a crater formed by a meteorite impact was discovered in Iran County, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China, not far from the Korean Peninsula. This marks the second time a meteorite ...

New research in Sweden has uncovered perplexingly high methane emissions coming from the largest meteorite crater in Europe. The Siljan Ring is a prehistoric impact structure in central Sweden ...

Scientists have discovered the world's oldest meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, dating back 3.5 billion years, which could provide clues to the early days of life on Earth. Upheaval ...

Earth’s oldest meteorite impact crater was just found in WA’s Pilbara region – exactly where geologists hoped it would be. We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the history of Earth and the planet's stages of evolution.

Scientists in Australia have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in northwestern Australia, estimated to be 3.47 billion years old. This finding challenges previous ...