Drone images of craters formed at Sheep Mountain. Credit: Kent Sundell, Casper College.

Secondary cratering on Earth: The Wyoming impact crater field

Zircon Crystals of the mineral zircon are tiny time-capsules that record the age of many events in Earth’s history. Dating zircon crystals like this was one of the two methods used to calculate the age of the Hiawatha impact crater. Illustration: Gavin Kenny, Swedish Museum of Natural History.

Giant impact crater in Greenland occurred a few million years after...

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

The deep origin of craters and mounds was discovered using cutting edge 3D seismic technology which can penetrate deep into the ocean floor, and help scientists visualize the structures in the hard bedrock underneath. Illustration: M. Waage

New study reveals cracks beneath giant, methane gushing craters

Impact illustration. Credit: Victor Leshyk

It was microbial mayhem in the Chicxulub crater, research suggests

66-yard crater appears in far northern Siberia

Impact craters and their broader structures can be visible in a geologic map, like a bullseye. But what geophysical traces remain at the structure’s outermost edges? Credit: Huber et al. (2023), JGR Planets

Earth’s most ancient impact craters are disappearing

Globally unique double crater identified in Sweden

Where have all the craters gone?

Dino-killing crater shows clues about Ice Age sea level

Comet craters — literal melting pots for life on Earth

Ancient crater points to massive meteorite strike

Double impact crater in Canada formed in two separate impacts

Crater discovery’s impact echoes still today

Few, if any, big impact craters remain to be discovered on...

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