Some regions in the U.S. are home to more lakes than others. Here's our list of the states that have the most lakes (it's ...

The Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z camera to captured this view on the rim of Jezero Crater. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

The McDermitt Caldera most likely hosts the world's largest deposit of lithium trapped in claystone. Located on the Nevada – ...

Something weird is going on on the far side of the Moon — and Artemis astronauts are heading straight there. The giant South Pole–Aitken basin, a 4.3-billion-year-old scar, isn’t just an impact crater ...

A newly discovered crater in southern China is rewriting what scientists know about Earth’s recent encounters with space debris. Hidden within ancient granite and astonishingly well-preserved, the ...

Scientists have discovered a massive asteroid impact crater in China. The bowl-shaped depression is some 900 meters wide—more than eight times the length of a football field. In a paper published last ...

A newly discovered, remarkably well-preserved impact crater is shedding fresh light on how extraterrestrial bodies collide with Earth. In the journal Matter and Radiation at Extremes, by AIP ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2025 – A newly discovered, remarkably well-preserved impact crater is shedding fresh light on how extraterrestrial bodies collide with Earth. In the journal Matter and Radiation ...

Scientists in China have confirmed the discovery of the largest known impact crater formed on Earth during the Holocene period, which began around 11,700 years ago. The Jinlin impact crater, located ...

Largest craters probably penetrate through mantle and suggest an age of around 1-3 Gy for host crater Greg. Smaller craters form in the mantle and suggest mantling episodes in the last few My.

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...