New Impact Crater Spotted on the Moon
Using images from the LROC instrument onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scientists have discovered the biggest newly…
Pair of linked spacecraft draw closer to Mercury after nearly decadelong voyage
By Marcia DunnAP Aerospace Writer Sept. 6, 2026 1:33 PM PT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their…
A Camper’s Google Maps Hunch Revealed a 390-Million-Year-Old Meteorite Crater
Can you see it? Credit: Google Maps Joël Lapointe was planning a camping route when a strange feature…
Ancient Crater Lakes May Have Provided Ideal Conditions for Earth’s Earliest Oxygen-Breathing Life
Researchers have discovered stromatolites — layered structures formed by microbial communities — inside a 42,000-year-old asteroid crater in…
Researchers Find Surprisingly “Young” Meteorite Crater from the Dawn of Human Civilization
A panoramic aerial drone image of the Jinlin crater with the approximate location of the crater rim labeled,…
Well-Preserved Impact Crater Discovered in China
Researchers have discovered an impact crater formed on a granite mountain capped by a thick weathering crust in…
Southward Impact Excavated Magma Ocean at Moon’s Biggest Crater: Study
Roughly 4.3 billion years ago, when our Solar System was still in its infancy, a giant asteroid slammed…
New Type of Tektite Reveals 11-Million-Year-Old Asteroid Impact in Australia
Tektites are nearly pure glasses (practically no crystalline inclusions) created when a space rock slams into Earth, melting…