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A Quebec camper planning a wilderness trip spotted a mysterious circle on satellite maps that scientists confirmed as a massive ancient asteroid impact. The 16-mile-wide crater is the largest discovered in six years.
Scientists discovered a fresh 222-meter crater on the Moon that formed in spring 2024, offering a rare glimpse of a cosmic impact caught almost in real time. The find lets researchers study what happens to the lunar surface before billions of years of weathering erase the evidence.
A space rock carved out a massive crater on the moon two years ago, and scientists just discovered it. The 222-meter-wide impact happens only once every 132 years, offering rare insights as NASA plans future moon bases.
Scientists in Western Australia just confirmed the oldest known asteroid impact on Earth, dating back three billion years. The discovery could unlock secrets about how life began on our planet.
Scientists discovered that a single massive asteroid impact could have delivered and spread Mercury's polar water ice in just 176 Earth days. New simulations show how the closest planet to the sun ended up with vast frozen water deposits despite scorching 800-degree temperatures.
Researchers discovered fossilized fish in North Dakota with tiny glass beads from the dinosaur-killing asteroid lodged in their gills, proving they were alive when the impact debris rained down. It's the most direct evidence yet of what happened in the first hour after Earth's most famous catastrophe.
Scientists captured something extraordinary: high-resolution before-and-after photos of a massive new crater on the Moon, an event that only happens once every 139 years. The discovery gives researchers an unprecedented window into how cosmic collisions reshape worlds.
Life bounced back faster than anyone thought possible after the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Scientists discovered new species of ocean plankton appeared in just 2,000 years, rewriting what we know about evolution's speed.