Spanning three quarters of a mile and almost 600 feet deep, Meteor Crater was blasted by a nickel-iron meteorite roughly the ...

Researchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists ...

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

The resulting Nankoweap landslide would have dumped enormous limestone boulders into the river corridor, creating a temporary ...

An asteroid hit the Earth in what is now known as northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It left a giant crater that draws people from all over the world. Nestled between Flagstaff and Winslow, ...

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

A smaller Meteor Crater-size impact may happen every 50,000 years. Which means, perhaps, we’re due for another. The delay: It’s a 10- or 15-minute detour off Interstate 40 to the crater.

The Barringer meteorite crater — known popularly as "Meteor Crater" — near Winslow, Ariz., was formed some 50,000 years ago in the flat-lying sedimentary rocks of the Southern Colorado Plateau ...

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

While Bowser93x added: "That crater is a mile long, just an example of how big the earth is." Newsweek reached out to u/aurallyskilled for comment. An aerial view of Meteor Crater Flagstaff, Arizona.

The Meteor Crater Natural Landmark site near Winslow in northern Arizona. A video of a hiker visiting Meteor Crater, the best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth, has gone viral on TikTok.

W hen an asteroid made Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, it did more than leave the Earth’s best preserved impact crater.