Scientists believe a newly-discovered crater believed to be the oldest in the world reveals a number of clues to the early ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

This crater, located beneath the Yucatán Peninsula, is linked to the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. It is one of the best-preserved large impact craters on Earth.

A rocky stretch in Western Australia's Pilbara, near Earth's earliest-confirmed lifeforms, was hit by a meteorite about 3.5 ...

The discovery bolsters the theory that meteorite impacts played an important role in Earth's early geological history ...

The oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth (3.5 billion years old) has been discovered in Western Australia's Pilbara region ...

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

The discovery of a 3.47-billion-year-old crater in WA's Pilbara region pushes back the age of the earliest-known impact site on Earth by more than one billion years.

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

Satellites have detected large volumes of methane spewing from Mount Fentale’s crater following months of earthquakes that have shaken the region ...