But the "bauble" is not decorative at all — it is Manicouagan crater in the Canadian province of Quebec, a remarkably ...

This unusual crater on Mars resembles a butterfly, but its shape tells a story of a shallow impact, melted ice, and ancient ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

The crater is more than 200 miles from where Luna-25 was supposed to land. NASA has released images showing where it believes Russia's failed Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the surface of the moon ...

Scientists initially proposed two possibilities. Either the meteorite entered in an extremely unusual way, or it was moved by ...

COCONINO COUNTY, Ariz. - Powerful videos and interviews with homeowners who've lost everything to the Tunnel Fire that burned north of Flagstaff have been seen by many, and now, there's an update on ...

Fiery chunks of rock are constantly bombarding the planetary bodies of our solar system, leaving behind long-lasting scars. These gouges, in the form of craters, can be used to learn about the history ...

The discovery of a vast, fresh impact scar on Mars began with what looked like a smudge in a routine weather snapshot. A ...

There are no written Soviet records, no logs, no official drilling reports, and no confirmation that they'd lit it intentionally – but there's no disputing a ~100-foot-deep (~30-m), 226-foot-wide ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A popular Tucson landmark is the source of a legend that's origins are said to go back millions of years. "We live in an interesting place with thousands of years of history," said ...

Building mountains in minutes requires deep rocks and a big bang. Rings of mountainous peaks sit inside large impact craters, but scientists weren’t sure how these features formed. One explanation ...