Earth is still collecting scars from space, and scientists are only now learning to read them properly. Newly mapped impact craters, both on land and hidden beneath the oceans, are revealing that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have also ...

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 ...

Two NASA spacecraft at Mars — one on the surface and the other in orbit — have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet. The high-speed barrages last year sent seismic waves rippling ...

NASA’s InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake last Christmas Eve. Scientists only later learned the cause of that quake: a meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest seen on Mars ...

Discovery and ancient beliefs -- Anatomy of a crater -- A meteoritic footprint -- How was Wolfe Creek Crater formed? -- Australia's impact record. The crater map of Australia -- Why formed by a ...

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Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have also caused the formation of an ancient lake in the Grand Canyon. This ...