That asteroid explosion over Tunguska was 1,000 times stronger than the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.

While scientists are revising the timeline at Australia's North Pole Dome, it's still our oldest known crater.

Curtin University researchers have determined the most precise age yet for the oldest known impact crater on Earth, providing ...

Earth and the Moon both record evidence of a 'lost' period of bombardment. (NASA) Tiny crystal grains trapped inside a ...

An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have physical consequences and have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the ...

Discover seven extraordinary meteor impact lakes formed by ancient asteroid collisions. Explore their fascinating origins, ...

Scientists drill into Spain's only meteorite crater in search of clues about Mars ...

The dig (called Tanis by paleo experts) is conducted by a team led by Robert DePalma, a doctoral student at the University of Kansas. Another team notable is Dr Walter Alvarez, son of Luis Alvarez, ...

The asteroid that smacked into our planet about 66 million years ago at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary may have been bad news for dinosaurs, but it was good news for fungi. According to new ...

A discovery by a South Korean research team suggests that impact-generated lakes may have fostered early oxygen-producing life. A team of South Korean scientists has uncovered new evidence that could ...

An impact about 50,000 years ago formed a crater nearly a mile wide. It is well worth a visit, our columnist writes.