A discovery by a South Korean research team suggests that impact-generated lakes may have fostered early oxygen-producing ...

The Chicxulub Impact Crater, located on the Yucatán Peninsula, represents one of Earth’s most significant impact structures and offers a unique window into catastrophic processes that reshaped the ...

I think all craters are cool, I’m just going to start with that. I am very biased. Impact craters occur on every planetary body in our solar system, no matter the size. By studying impact craters and ...

Planet Earth holds some of the strangest, natural tourist destinations in the solar system. Earth is perpetually bombarded with debris from outer space. Luckily for us, most of it burns up during ...

I think all craters are cool, I’m just going to start with that. I am very biased. Impact craters occur on every planetary body in our Solar System, no matter the size. By studying impact craters and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jul 14, 2025, 03:43pm EDT Jul 15, 2025, 04:22am EDT A satellite ...

The Montagnais impact structure, a 51-million-year-old asteroid collision remnant, was discovered deep beneath Nova Scotia's ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of a fresh impact crater on Mars in 2013. Credit: NASA / JPL Watch out, Martians. Previous estimates of these Martian impacts largely came from ...

This view of the Martian surface, captured by NASA's Psyche spacecraft on May 15, 2026, shows streaks that have formed due to ...

An odd, solitary hill rising part-way down an eroding slope in Mars’ north polar layered terrain may be the remnant of a buried impact crater, suggests a University of Arizona planetary scientist who ...

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 ...