Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a warm afternoon approximately 50,000 years ago in a desolate landscape in what would be later known as Northern Arizona ...

Roughly 37 miles east of Flagstaff, Meteor Crater—formally known as Barringer Crater—was formed approximately 50,000 years ago by a 150-foot-wide iron meteorite. As one of the best-preserved impact ...

Before they walked on the moon on July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts trained in northern Arizona. They studied the lunar surface through telescopes at Lowell Observatory, took a crash course in ...

IF it were due to happen on a specific date -- say, on a moonless Friday night, when the Arizona sky is frosted with stars -- the popular interest might be staggering. People and TV trucks might line ...

Scientists have discovered why there isn't much impact-melted rock at Meteor Crater in northern Arizona. The iron meteorite that blasted out Meteor Crater almost 50,000 years ago was traveling much ...

It was a warm afternoon approximately 50,000 years ago in a desolate landscape in what would be later known as Northern Arizona when something monumental occurred. A giant ground sloth looked up into ...

Before they walked on the moon on July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts trained in northern Arizona. They studied the lunar surface through telescopes at Lowell Observatory, took a crash course in ...