The hefty asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit Earth on December 22, 2032, could instead hit the moon, it is thought. New ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

The cones were "exceptionally preserved," according to the new study, providing "unequivocal evidence" of an epic meteorite crash around the dawn of life on Earth. The impact likely rippled across the ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath rock layers in the East Pilbara Terrane of Western Australia. The oldest ...

The discovery bolsters the theory that meteorite impacts played an important role in Earth's early geological history ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite ... crater may help revise our understanding of some of the planet’s earliest eras, as well as the history of life on Earth.

Scientists have found the oldest impact crater on Earth – and it changes our understanding of our planet and the origins of life. The meteorite that left the crater fell to Earth 3.5 billion ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the ...

Earth’s oldest meteorite impact crater was just found in WA’s Pilbara region – exactly where geologists hoped it would be. We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very ...

Shatter cones, which are features caused by the shockwave of a hypervelocity meteorite impact, are evidence that something hit this region when Earth was young. Impact craters this old have the ...