The latest evidence that Mars was once a warmer, wetter world comes from a surprising place—the hidden subsurface depths of ...
Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what happens when meteors strike Earth, ...
A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin ...
Even 200 years after asteroid 16 Psyche was discovered, astronomers continue to puzzle over its formation. Psyche is the 10th ...
Arizona’s Meteor Crater remains the best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. Despite being studied for over a century, recent scientific research in 2025 and 2026 has ...
The discovery of a new tektite-strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact—but geologists have yet to find the crater.
A bright new lunar crater detected in spacecraft images shows that asteroid impacts continue to reshape the Moon’s surface today. The Moon’s familiar surface tells a story of both ancient violence and ...
The Silverpit crater mystery in the North Sea appears to have been solved. Scientists say it was formed by an asteroid 43 million years ago.