Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After decades of debate, scientists confirm the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was carved by an asteroid impact. (CREDIT: ...

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, along with ...

The impact of the asteroid in present-day Yucatan wiped out almost all life on Earth. It recovered faster than previously ...

WASHINGTON and HOUSTON, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new paper in Geology led by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, University of Arizona ...

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 ...

A team of international scientists will begin drilling inside the Mexican crater site where it’s believed that an asteroid impact 66 million years ago caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. The ...

Research Grand Canyon landslide-dam and paleolake triggered by the Meteor Crater impact at 56 ka by a team from the University of New Mexico describes a lake in the Grand Canyon created by a landslide ...