Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, ...

At the time, they believed they were bringing Moon rocks and dust so that scientists could learn more about Earth’s friendly little neighbor, but as it turns out they were actually bringing some ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 ...

The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock ... Moon’s far side, taken from the South Pole-Aitken Basin, the satellite’s largest, deepest and oldest ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

The rock, named “Silver Mountain,” is believed ... landed in the South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the Moon’s oldest craters. Studies published in Science and Nature revealed volc ...

One of its tasks is to study the composition of rocks and dirt in the basin. Since scientists believe this is the oldest basin on the moon learning what it's made of might help us understand how ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater. Located in Western Australia, the crater has ...

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...

Researchers have uncovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater in an extraordinary breakthrough. Estimated to be ...