Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...

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.

Satellite images taken more than three decades apart show the disappearance of Iceland's Okjökull, the first glacier to be ...

Rocks loafing about on the surface of Mars have been harboring secrets about the red planet's mysterious past.

While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...

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

A blood moon is set to grace the night sky this week, casting an eerie red glow over Earth. This rare total lunar eclipse ...

In 2012, NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity photographed an outcrop with sedimentary structures resembling Earth's cross-bedded sandstones. The cross bedding, with large-scale layers sloping to the left, ...

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 ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly ten months, may finally return to Earth on March 16, according to ...

(Web Desk) - Scientists have found the oldest impact crater on Earth – and it changes our understanding of our planet and the origins of life. The meteorite that left the crater fell to Earth 3.5 ...

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 ...