a colossal impact crater on the lunar farside. The SPA basin is not only the largest impact site on the Moon but also the oldest visible basin in the inner Solar System, formed over 4 billion years ...

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 ...

Newly published images from Heriot-Watt University show the 9km wide Nadir Crater under the Atlantic, formed by an asteroid around the same time dinosaurs went extinct. Detailed 3D imaging has ...

Beneath the vast waters of the Atlantic Ocean lies a secret that’s been waiting to be told. Scientists have revealed images of an asteroid impact crater buried 300 meters under the ocean floor, ...

The federal government announced this week that it is considering listing an Oregon newt that lives only at Crater Lake National Park as threatened or endangered because an invasive predator has ...

A second, smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West Africa creating a large crater during the same era. It would have been a “catastrophic event”, the scientists say ...

In addition to a general deepening, big chunks have been lost from the interior cliff walls, particularly at the southern end of the crater. There is evidence of continued infall of loose material ...