Earth’s oldest asteroid impact crater may just have been found - Researchers date North Pole Dome in Australia’s Pilbara ...

"While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain." ...

Curtin University researchers have determined the most precise age yet for the oldest known impact crater on Earth, providing ...

In the Pilbara of Western Australia, some of Earth's oldest rocks lie beneath the sky, as they have for billions of years.

A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists ...

A violent collision on the Moon created Tycho crater, a 53-mile-wide scar still visible from Earth today. The impact may have ...

Researchers have dated the North Pole Dome impact structure, confirming it as Earth's oldest known impact crater.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jul 14, 2025, 03:43pm EDT Jul 15, 2025, 04:22am EDT A satellite ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Nov 20, 2025, 08:01am EST Nov 21, 2025, 11:53am EST Aerial view ...

For more than 20 years, the Silverpit Crater deep under the North Sea has been the center of a heated scientific controversy. Some geologists were adamant that an asteroid produced the nearly-perfect ...

It felt like off-roading on another planet. Crumbly black cinders crunched beneath my tires, as I explored an otherworldly region of volcanic cones and craters. The overlapping 4×4 tracks and ...