The asteroid is no longer considered a significant threat to Earth - but new calculations suggest a notable chance of a lunar ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

The ancient crater’s discovery in the Pilbara suggests meteorite impacts may have kickstarted Earth's first continents, and ...

Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...

Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation ...

The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, potentially affecting plate tectonics and creating conditions for life.

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the history of Earth and the planet's stages of evolution.

Scientists have discovered the world's oldest meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, dating back 3.5 billion years, which could provide clues to the early days of life on Earth. Upheaval ...

They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.