Explore 25 Major Events in Earth's 4.5 Billion Year History. Discover pivotal moments from its formation to the rise of life.

A discovery by a South Korean research team suggests that impact-generated lakes may have fostered early oxygen-producing ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a huge asteroid famously hit the Earth, causing the extinction of dinosaurs and about half of ...

The government of Yucatán and partners like WWF announce Herencia Maya, permanently conserving and managing more than 1.4 ...

Experts on meteoritics and palaeontology have created a detailed timeline to take you back to the very last day of the ...

Long before telescopes revealed an unruly Solar System, Dante Alighieri imagined something terrible falling from the heavens. In his 14th-century Inferno, the falling object was Lucifer, the Lord of ...

A week after the asteroid impact, rotting vegetation, smoke and sulphur create a stinky planet. Plant and animal survivors ...

New York: The State of Qatar has warned that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused significant economic disruption and risks escalating regional tensions into a global crisis. The remarks ...

A violent impact might have ejected material from deep within the moon's mantle — and future Artemis astronauts might be able to sample it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Impact craters form when extraterrestrial bodies collide with planetary surfaces at hypervelocity, generating intense shock waves that excavate material, produce melt and ejecta, and leave ...

Every Yucatan holiday itinerary should include warm beaches, Maya archaeological sites, and crystal-clear cenotes. But once you’ve had your fair share of salt and sun, make your way to a lesser-known, ...

Satellites have captured amazing views views of these craters on Earth. ESA explains. Nördlinger Ries, Ouarkziz Crater, Tenoumer Crater, Gosses Bluff, Siljan Ring, Roter Kamm, Manicouagan Crater, ...