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

Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have ...

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

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

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

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

The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...

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

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

The study dives into questions surrounding how and when driftwood in Stanton’s Cave in the Grand Canyon got there ...

A new paper in Geology led by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, University of Arizona Senior Research Specialist Chris Baisan, and Dr. David ...