Impact illustration. Credit: Victor Leshyk

It was microbial mayhem in the Chicxulub crater, research suggests

An orthophoto of Wolfe Creek Crater. An orthophoto is an aerial photograph that has been geometrically corrected so that the scale is uniform and the photo has the same lack of distortion as a map. Credit: University of Wollongong

New study reveals secrets of Wolfe Creek Crater

Vredefort Dome, Free State, South Africa. Credit: NASA

Vredefort crater : The Largest Verified Impact Crater on Earth

Maps of the Siljan impact structure and study locations. a Map of Sweden with the Siljan area indicated. b Geological map of the Siljan impact structure with locations of the cored boreholes and the quarry sampled for mineral coatings indicated, along with the sedimentary units in the crater depression, towns, lakes (white) and roads (black lines). Gas compositions exist from boreholes VM2 and VM5 (located adjacent to VM2). Credit: Nature Communications, 2019

Europe’s largest meteorite crater home to deep ancient life

The 21 shocked and unshocked zircon crystals dated in this study were separated from this ~30 cubic centimeters of unconsolidated late Eocene sediment obtained from Ocean Drilling Project site 1073, hole A. Credit: Biren/ASU

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Map of the bedrock topography beneath the ice sheet and the ice-free land surrounding the Hiawatha impact crater.

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Globally unique double crater identified in Sweden

Double impact crater in Canada formed in two separate impacts

66-yard crater appears in far northern Siberia

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Ancient crater points to massive meteorite strike

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