The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.

In 2021, a team led by Dr Gary Kinsland of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette found evidence that the impact and ...

The long, asymmetrical sides of the ripples slope south-southeast, pointing back to their source in the Chicxulub impact ...

Earth’s oldest meteorite impact crater was just found in WA’s Pilbara region – exactly where geologists hoped it would be. We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very ...

Just for illustrative purposes. Image by Midjourney/ZME Science. A Curtin University group has identified what may be Earth’s oldest meteorite strike in a remote part of Western Australia’s ...

Scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest known meteorite crater in Australia, revealing clues about Earth’s early history and the role of cosmic collisions. Scientists in Australia have identified ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could reshape understanding of the origins of life and Earth itself. Sydney, Australia - Australian scientists have ...

Geologist and study co-author Tim Johnson said the dome was likely to be uplifted by the impact of the meteorite smashing into Earth. "So, when you form a really big crater, the middle bit forces it's ...

Researchers in Western Australia’s Pilbara region have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater, pushing back the previous record by more than one billion years. The newly ...