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

Huge Crater Discovered in Greenland

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

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Comet craters — literal melting pots for life on Earth

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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66-yard crater appears in far northern Siberia

Double impact crater in Canada formed in two separate impacts

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

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

Dino-killing crater shows clues about Ice Age sea level

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

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

Vredefort crater : The Largest Verified Impact Crater on Earth

Large conical shatter cones within the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, provide visible proof of a meteorite impact 3.5 billion years ago. Credit: Chris Kirkland, Curtin University

World’s oldest impact crater found, rewriting Earth’s ancient history

Impact illustration. Credit: Victor Leshyk

It was microbial mayhem in the Chicxulub crater, research suggests

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