Planets and moons during the early Solar System were pelleted by asteroids a lot more than they are today. We can see the evidence of these impacts on the Moon, but the geological traces on our planet ...
Sen captured breathtaking footage of the Manicouage Reservoir in Quebec, Canada. The ring-shaped lake is the world's largest ...
Sen captured footage from space on Saturday showing the world’s largest impact craters. The satellite video offered a breathtaking view of the circular, frozen Manicouagan Reservoir, covered in snow ...
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Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater. Located in Western Australia, the crater has been dated to about 3.5 billion years ago, at a time when these almost ...
Danish and Swedish researchers have dated the enormous Hiawatha impact crater, a 31 km-wide meteorite crater buried under a kilometer of Greenlandic ice. The dating ends speculation that the meteorite ...
I think all craters are cool, I’m just going to start with that. I am very biased. Impact craters occur on every planetary body in our Solar System, no matter the size. By studying impact craters and ...
A rocky stretch in Western Australia's Pilbara, near Earth's earliest-confirmed lifeforms, was hit by a meteorite about 3.5 billion years ago. Reading time 2 minutes Scientists in Australia say ...
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 ...
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The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater. Tektites are natural glass formed when debris falls back to Earth after a meteorite ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sep 27, 2022, 08:31am EDT Sep 27, 2022, 09:15am EDT This article ...