A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and remnants of an ancient magma ocean, researchers say. Crewmembers on upcoming Artemis missions could potentially ...

Impact craters occur on every planetary body in ... and crashed to earth where it was transformed into the circular rock formation of Tnorala.” Today Tnorala is 2.8 miles (4.5 km) in diameter ...

A remarkable image captured by ESA’s Mars Express orbiter has brought renewed attention to a complex and heavily eroded ...

The impact crater could be linked to the origins of ... NASA says A distinctive rock formation helped the research team locate the Pilbara crater. "Exceptionally preserved" shatter cones ...

The Chicxulub crater, located off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, is one of the most significant geological ...

Scientists say the impact was larger and more energetic than the one that killed the dinosaurs. Today, the Vredefort crater looks nothing like its bowl shape during its formation and certainly not ...

is "much more homogeneous and points to a lower temperature of formation." She said the impact charcoal found in the craters was similar, but not identical, to charcoal that is formed when wood is ...

as impact craters created environments friendly to microbial life such as hot water pools,” Professor Kirkland said. “It also radically refines our understanding of crust formation ...

By far, the Pilbara crater is the oldest known ... refines our understanding of crust formation: the tremendous amount of energy from this impact could have played a role in shaping early Earth ...

Scientists sampling a charcoal layer formed by a meteorite impact. A new study shows that analyzing bodies of organisms killed by an impact of asteroids can teach us exactly how much damage occurs ...

That surpasses the previous record-holding impact crater by more than 1.25 billion ... NASA says A distinctive rock formation helped the research team locate the Pilbara crater.