A massive meteor struck near Manson, Iowa, 74 million years ago, creating the U.S.'s largest impact crater and reshaping the ...

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...

The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the ...

A newly identified impact scar in southern China has turned a quiet patch of countryside into one of the most important ...

GUANGZHOU, 24 October (BelTA - Xinhua) - The Jinlin impact crater in south China's Guangdong Province has been confirmed as the largest known crater on Earth since the Holocene period, which spans ...

The comet was discovered in its final stage before impact. As luck would have it, NASA had a probe on its way to Jupiter, perfectly placed to capture its demise.

Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have also caused the formation of an ancient lake in the Grand Canyon. This ...

The impact of the asteroid in present-day Yucatan wiped out almost all life on Earth. It recovered faster than previously ...