Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact ...

Satellites have captured amazing views views of these craters on Earth. ESA explains. Nördlinger Ries, Ouarkziz Crater, ...

Hidden beneath the landscape of Australia lies the Deniliquin Structure, the largest known impact crater on Earth. This video explores the discovery, geology, and significance of this massive ...

The crater is thought to be 31 kilometers (19 miles) wide, making it one of the 25 largest impact craters on Earth. The object that caused it was likely an iron asteroid about 1.5 kilometers (0.9 ...

The image, taken in October 2024 using the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on the European Space Agency 's (ESA) Mars Express orbiter, shows a crumbling crater called Deuteronilus Cavus. It ...

The study of impact crater geology and shock metamorphism offers a vital window into the extreme conditions that have shaped planetary surfaces. Impact events, whether from solitary projectiles or ...

The Chicxulub Impact Crater, located on the Yucatán Peninsula, represents one of Earth’s most significant impact structures and offers a unique window into catastrophic processes that reshaped ...

Another one bites the moon dust Inconveniently for impact analysts, Earth has active plate tectonics, weathering, and erosion, and these processes smooth over our planet’s record of ancient craters.

Since he started at Crater Lake in January, Kevin Heatley has seen Crater Lake’s permanent workforce cut in half, and onboarding seasonal staff was delayed by a month. "Things are not OK," he said.

Crater Lake, with Wizard Island center, is seen on July 17, 2021. Oregon's only national park is the deepest lake in the U.S. Meagan Cuthill / OPB ...

Some people see bumps, but others see craters. What you’re seeing is known as the crater illusion, or sometimes relief inversion.

A NOTORIOUS 1,000 degree desert crater dubbed the “Gateway to Hell” is finally closing as the fiery inferno has died down to mere “faint flames”. The infamous pit’s bl… ...