Various crater shapes can be found throughout the Solar System, and these differences can form from a variety of factors that affect impact. Although velocity is one major ingredient, a new study ...

Loosely-bound clumpy asteroids with curveball-like spins may have scooped out some of Earth's most distinctly shaped craters, including Arizona's bowl-like Barringer Crater, a study published Nov. 22 ...

Roughly 37 miles east of Flagstaff, Meteor Crater—formally known as Barringer Crater—was formed approximately 50,000 years ago by a 150-foot-wide iron meteorite. As one of the best-preserved impact ...

When it comes to famous holes in the ground, northern Arizona has two: Grand Canyon and Barringer Meteorite Crater. New research now suggests that these famous depressions might, in fact, be ...

Asteroids with different spins and bonding strengths may be responsible for the vast variety of impact craters on Earth, including Arizona's Barringer Crater, new simulations show. When you purchase ...