As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...

Solving a lunar mystery? Scientist at the University of Arizona is the lead author on research proposing a new theory for the moon's unlikely origins.

GUANGZHOU, 24 October (BelTA - Xinhua) - The Jinlin impact crater in south China's Guangdong Province has been confirmed as the largest known crater on Earth since the Holocene period, which spans ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case ...

Satellites have captured amazing views views of these craters on Earth. ESA explains. Nördlinger Ries, Ouarkziz Crater, ...

U.S. astronauts who return to the moon’s surface in the years ahead for the first time in more than half a century will have the difficult and unprecedented task of setting the stage for a permanent ...

Scientists in China have confirmed the discovery of the largest known impact crater formed on Earth during the Holocene period, which began around 11,700 years ago. The Jinlin impact crater, located ...

A giant asteroid impact crater, sitting 300 meters beneath the Atlantic Ocean floor, has been confirmed as the result of a ...

The 21 shocked and unshocked zircon crystals dated in this study were separated from this ~30 cubic centimeters of unconsolidated late Eocene sediment obtained from Ocean Drilling Project site 1073, ...

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is well preserved, making it a hotspot for space research. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to ...

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...

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