Learn about two major asteroid impacts from 3.5 million years ago that may not have had lasting environmental effects.

The largest-known piece of Mars to be found on Earth will be up for bid and could be sold for up to $4 million at auction.

South Africa may be famous for its wildlife, diverse culture, and scenic beauty, but it also holds a surprising number of ...

The research in North Carolina documents downstream remnants of the 35-million-year-old tsunami that followed the ...

With a competent guide, active volcano treks are both safe and worth the climb. Here are some of the biggest active volcanoes ...

Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact ...

Another massive impact site is the Vredefort Crater in South Africa, which is the largest and oldest known impact site on Earth, with a diameter of over 186 miles.In Canada, the Sudbury Basin is ...

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels towards Israel on Sunday landed just 75 meters from Terminal 3 of Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv-- the country's biggest international airport.

Modular summer tents are set up at the 14-mile-wide Haughton impact crater, one of the northernmost craters on the planet. But even NASA’s best-equipped teams avoid the island’s brutal winters.

Mary Bay, which is visible in the video, isn't just the largest hydrothermal crater within the park. So far as geologists can tell, it's the largest hydrothermal crater on Earth.

The largest crater on the moon was probably created when a huge rock smashed into the surface 4.338 billion years ago, leaving behind a seething pool of magma. This hints that Earth was ...