The United States has a habit of showcasing its geology. Long before cities and highways showed up, forces beneath the surface were already shaping cliffs, caves, faults, and craters that still define ...

The 2025 skywatching season is closing out with its biggest display of shooting stars. The Geminid meteor shower peaks this weekend and is known for producing more than 120 bright meteors an hour ...

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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 ...

A new study highlights the striking coincidence in the geologic ages of the famous Meteor Crater in Arizona and a landslide dam that blocked the Colorado River, forming a paleolake in the Grand Canyon ...

Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have also caused the formation of an ancient lake in the Grand Canyon. This ...

NASA wants to land Artemis astronauts on the moon in 2027, but the scientific instruments they'll bring must be tested on Earth. The best place to do that is a mile-wide meteorite crater in Arizona.

Researchers suggest the impact that created Arizona's Meteor Crater may have triggered a massive landslide in the Grand Canyon around 56,000 years ago. © Kring 2017 ...

Conceptual illustration of the Nankoweap landslide, which sent massive Kaibab Limestone boulders down from the left cliffs, briefly damming the Grand Canyon.Karl Karlstrom Via EurekAlert Research ...

FLAGSTAFF — Just 30 minutes from downtown Flagstaff, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument offers a striking look at northern Arizona’s explosive past. The cinder cone, now standing over 8,000 feet ...

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, along with ...

WINSLOW, AZ (AZFamily) — An asteroid hit the Earth in what is now known as northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It left a giant crater that draws people from all over the world. Nestled between ...