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 remarkable coincidence occurred 56,000 years ago, when the impact that created Meteor Crater triggered both a landslide-dammed lake and a paleolake formation in the Grand Canyon. Earth’s ancient ...

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 ...

The Grand Canyon, one of the most iconic geological formations on Earth, may hold deeper secrets about our planet’s history ...

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 Meteor Crater (Barringer crater) in Arizona is o ne of the most impressive and easily accessible. The Charlevoix impact structure in Quebec. The Rochechouart impact structure in France.

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 ...