Yet Meteor Crater owns a place in the family's story that money couldn't possibly buy. “It’s part of us, a family legacy,” said Lewin Barringer, 42, a fourth-generation member of the family.

The gigantic crater was spotted from the plane as it flew over Arizona - it was formed around 50,000 years ago when a 300ton meteor hurtled towards the earth creating a huge explosion ...

The Meteor Crater Natural Landmark site near Winslow in northern Arizona. A video of a hiker visiting Meteor Crater, the best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth, has gone viral on TikTok.

Research payoffs from the out-of-this-world Meteor Crater are ongoing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The huge, bowl ...

Also known as Meteor Crater, the Barringer Crater in Arizona, USA, ... Created between 35,000 and 50,000 years ago by a meteorite impact, the crater is about 1.8 miles in diameter and 500 feet deep.

For this week's edition of Drone Zone, we head to Winslow to check out the Meteor Crater. It was formed 50,000 years ago, and is the size of 20 football fields. The crater has fascinated ...

Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...

Near Coon Butte, Ariz., is a mysterious pit nearly a mile in diameter called Meteor Crater (TIME, March 25). Last week miners hired by Philadelphia's Daniel Moreau Barringer said that at 1,400 ft.

Space.com: The space rock that carved Meteor Crater in Arizona hit the planet much more slowly than astronomers once figured, but still 10 times faster than a rifle bullet.

3.5 billion-year-old crater created by meteorite impact found in Australia, scientists say. The impact crater could be linked to the origins of life on Earth. By Julia Jacobo. March 7, 2025, 3:49 PM.