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) ...

A new study suggests a meteor strike that created Arizona’s Meteor Crater 56,000 years ago may have triggered a massive landslide in the Grand Canyon, blocking the Colorado River and forming a ...

Steenberg believes they found the site of a meteor crash. The crater, under Inver Grove Heights, spans about two-and-half miles wide and dates back 490 million years, WCCO reported.

A meteorite impact thousands of years ago may have triggered a landslide in the Grand Canyon and reshaped the Colorado River that runs through the national park. Geologists studying driftwood and ...

The "striking coincidence" of a Grand Canyon landslide-dam and paleolake triggered by the Meteor Crater Impact 56,000 years ago WASHINGTON and HOUSTON, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new paper in ...

A direct hit to the Moon by an asteroid roughly the size of a 15-story building could trigger one of the most unusual meteor events in recorded history, sending a storm of moondust toward Earth. The ...

The university estimates that the ancient crater is roughly 2.5 miles across and is around 490 million years old. The meteor that impacted nearly half a billion years ago was likely 500 to 2,000 ...

The Meteor Crater Natural Landmark site near Winslow in northern Arizona. A video of a hiker visiting Meteor Crater, the best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth, has gone viral on TikTok ...

The crater alone draws in tens of thousands of visitors every year. Vice President of Operations at Meteor Crater Enterprises, Andrew Tyler, said it’s an honor to work at such an amazing landmark.

A meteorite impact may have set off a powerful earthquake thousands of years ago, triggering a massive landslide that dammed the Colorado River and created a long-lost lake in the Grand Canyon.