Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...

This surprising connection between Arizona's world-renowned geological features stretches back 56,000 years, to when a ...

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico ...

A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake ...

New research links the impact at Meteor Crater to a Grand Canyon landslide that may have created an ancient lake 56,000 years ...

Cutting‑edge dating reveals driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves 55,250 years ago when a meteor’s shock wave blocked and ...

A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...

For some people, the significance of Lake Bosumtwi goes beyond geology. Sacred to some members of the local villages, its ...

W hen an asteroid made Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, it did more than leave the Earth’s best preserved impact crater. According to new research, the earthquake that the collision caused induced a ...

A remarkable coincidence occurred 56,000 years ago, when the impact that created Meteor Crater triggered both a landslide-dammed lake and a paleolake formation in the Grand Canyon. Earth’s ancient ...

The study dives into questions surrounding how and when driftwood in Stanton’s Cave in the Grand Canyon got there ...