A large asteroid does not need to hit Earth to expose a hard truth: the most dangerous space rocks may be the ones spotted ...

Last year, geologists dated the crater in Western Australia at 3.47 billion years old, which was disputed by other experts.

"While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain." ...

Earth’s oldest asteroid impact crater may just have been found - Researchers date North Pole Dome in Australia’s Pilbara ...

Meteor Crater is one of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet. For years, visitors have wanted access to the bottom. Now for the first time ever, the narrow trail that leads to the bottom of ...

A study claims that the North Pole Dome crater in Western Australia was caused by an asteroid strike 3 billion years ago, but ...

In the Pilbara of Western Australia, some of Earth's oldest rocks lie beneath the sky, as they have for billions of years.

Across the planet, lakes are usually associated with glaciers, rivers, volcanic activity, or shifting tectonic landscapes. A ...

An impact about 50,000 years ago formed a crater nearly a mile wide. It is well worth a visit, our columnist writes.

Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again, ...