The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests. A study ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

Chicxulub ejecta (microtektites, impact-melt glass) is found at the site within the event deposit ... occurred at the end of the Cretaceous Period and was among the largest asteroid impacts in effect ...

Australian scientists have recently discovered the oldest known meteorite impact crater in the world, which could change our understanding of the origins of life and Earth, according to a study ...