California skywatchers, get ready to witness some celestial activity as the Leonids and Northern Taurids meteor showers peak ...

when a slightly smaller asteroid formed the famed Meteor Crater in Arizona. There’s no way to know what kind of damage the impact did back then, but it’s thought the meteorite itself was ...

Meteor Crater was created more than 50,000 years ago by a massive meteor strike near Winslow, Arizona. Visitors can experience the 550-foot-deep and nearly mile-wide cavity from an air-conditioned ...

While the Southern Taurids already hit their peak last week, the Northern Taurids, active Oct. 13-Dec. 2 will be at their best Monday and Tuesday.

"We think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was ...

There, hidden under the ice, is a massive impact crater that was just waiting to ... happened less than three million years ago, and the meteorite was over half a mile wide, according to the ...

which formed Meteor Crater in Arizona. The diamonds are sand-grain-sized, only hundredths of an inch across. Other crater-related diamonds are larger. In the 35-mile-wide Popigari crater in ...

About 2.2 billion years ago, a massive meteorite left a crater there 43 miles wide. Today, the dusty, red-hued site called Yarrabubba lacks a defined crater - it disappeared due to erosion and ...

after the rover had moved ahead from the crater. While most experts argued that the rock's features were due to geological processes, some believed they might have resulted from mysterious meteor ...

Scientists think the time has come for a full geophysical survey of The Minch, to see if the Scottish strait is hiding an ancient meteorite crater. The idea that such a structure lies between the ...

Monument Valley received many write-in votes. Karen Elliott was one of several to add: “The Meteor Crater in Arizona – frequently overlooked for the Grand Canyon but not to be missed.” ...

While the Southern Taurids are active between Sept. 23 and Dec. 8, the celestial light show will be most visible Monday and Tuesday.