Australian researchers say they have found evidence of Earth's oldest known asteroid impact. It dates back three billion ...

A long-standing scientific debate over a mysterious crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. New research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater was formed by a massive asteroid impact ...

"While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain." ...

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: The first few billion years of Earth’s history saw the rise of life, the atmosphere, and the oceans. Still, that time is shrouded in mystery: not many rocks remain that preserve a ...

A hidden crater in South Korea may hold clues to one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s history: the rise of oxygen. Scientists discovered fossil-like stromatolites — layered structures built by ...