The crater's unique shape, resembling a giant stingray (Myliobatoidei), has earned it the ominous nickname "Gateway to Hell." ...

Researchers have imaged a hidden scar, which is the evidence of a cataclysmic event that impacted Earth millions of years ago ...

A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago At the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million years ago, an ...

The analysis of rocks drilled in 2016 from the leftover crater show they underwent a process of fluidisation. The pulverised material literally began to behave as if it were a substance like water.

"A tsunami would have taken at least 17 or more hours to reach the site from the crater, but seismic waves - and a subsequent surge - would have reached it in tens of minutes," he added.

Meteor Crater was created more than 50,000 years ago by a massive meteor strike near Winslow, Arizona. Visitors can experience the 550-foot-deep and nearly mile-wide cavity from an air-conditioned ...

The possibility that Saudi Arabia will lift the “floodgates” on its oil production has climbed in recent weeks, fueled by “deteriorating cohesion” among the group of major oil producers ...

Kauhako Bay (Ho’okena) and Makako Bay on Hawaii island were selected for proposed mandatory time-area closure rules. “You know how many people use La Perouse Bay and now you want to take a ...