Thousands of years ago, a space rock hit what is now China, leaving a bowl-shaped crater some 900 meters wide ...

A panoramic aerial drone image of the Jinlin crater with the approximate location of the crater rim labeled, with an insert ...

On Sunday November 2, people in eastern Victoria witnessed a bright streak across the sky followed by a loud sonic boom that ...

A mong the hilly forests of southern China, scientists have discovered the largest modern meteorite impact crater on Earth.

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

Researchers discovered that living horsetails act like natural distillation towers, producing bizarre oxygen isotope ...

A newly discovered, remarkably well-preserved impact crater is shedding fresh light on how extraterrestrial bodies collide ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds.

Akira Miyake/Kyoto University Given that our species has only existed for a tiny fraction of the lifespan of our solar system ...