Researchers from Shanghai and Guangzhou, China have discovered an impact crater. It sits on the side of a hill in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. They've given it the name Jinlin crater. The team ...

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 billion years ago ...

Scientists are uncovering signs that Earth has been hit by powerful cosmic blasts that leave little trace on the surface yet ...

A mong the hilly forests of southern China, scientists have discovered the largest modern meteorite impact crater on Earth. Dubbed the Jinlin crater, the giant pitted scar could become an invaluable ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Geologists have now unearthed evidence of a 3.5 billion-year-old crater found in a layer of Australian ...

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Geologists have now unearthed evidence of a 3.5 billion-year-old crater found in a layer of Australian ...

A surprising new discovery of the Jinlin crater in Southern China is clarifying how celestial objects collide with Earth.The study published in the journal Matter and Radiation at ...

Less than a decade after discovering a near-Earth asteroid with lunar origins, an international group of scientists says they have determined where this mysterious object came from on the moon's ...

Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of the small planet may have once supported wet oases with humid climates and ...

Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might ...