The discovery of a new tektite-strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact—but geologists have yet ...

Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what happens when meteors strike Earth, ...

Arizona’s Meteor Crater remains the best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. Despite being studied for over a century, recent scientific research in 2025 and 2026 has ...

The asteroid struck off the coast of England more than 43 million years ago ...

There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another in Brazil.

Scientists uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil—a rare type of natural glass forged in the aftermath of meteorite ...

Simulation shows off what would happen if a giant asteroid hits the ocean as scientists solve a 20 year old mystery ...

A mysterious structure hidden beneath the North Sea puzzled scientists for decades. Now new evidence reveals it formed after ...

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...

WINSLOW, AZ (AZFamily) — An asteroid hit the Earth in what is now known as northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It left a giant crater that draws people from all over the world. Nestled between ...

Early in the morning of October 6, 2008, astronomers at the University of Arizona detected an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. When other sightings cropped up across the world, the ...