Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...

Learn more about the Meteor Crater near the Grand Canyon and how it may have created a paleolake thousands of years ago.

New research links the impact at Meteor Crater to a Grand Canyon landslide that may have created an ancient lake 56,000 years ...

A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...

A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake ...

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico ...

Cutting‑edge dating reveals driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves 55,250 years ago when a meteor’s shock wave blocked and ...

Earlier this year, researchers announced the discovery of what they believed to be the world’s oldest impact crater.

The world's oldest meteor impact crater is not a crater at all, say scientists of a new study suggesting natural forces put the giant indent into Earth's surface. But the jury is still out.

A new study suggests a meteor strike that created Arizona’s Meteor Crater 56,000 years ago may have triggered a massive ...

Researchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists ...