A crescent-shaped crater in Northeast China holds the record as the largest impact crater on Earth that formed in the last 100,000 years. Prior to 2020, the only other impact crater ever ...
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Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest ...
Chinese scientists, using lunar soil samples brought back by Chang'e-6, have determined that the Moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, was formed 4.25 billion ...
The crater, located near the Pilbara town of Marble Bar, is thought to have been created 3.47 billion years ago.
Scientists in Australia say they’ve found the world’s oldest impact crater, surpassing the previous record-holder’s age by more than 1.25 billion years. The meteorite impact—in Western ...
Scientists in Australia have discovered what they say is the largest asteroid impact area ever found on Earth. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. Photo: A. Clikson Intel Made a Mistake Decades Ago.
If you find Jupiter, you’ll likely see four small dots to the side of the gas giant: they are the Galilean moons, four of the 95 natural satellites around the Solar System’s largest planet.
A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months has increased ...
The crater, a striking feature, measures about 120 meters across. Nagai said it was formed during a Nov. 24 eruption last year. “It is the biggest crater we have ever confirmed (on the island ...
Lonar, home to world’s third largest crater, is a prime tourist destination in the state of Maharashtra. The Lonar crater, located in Buldana district of Maharashtra is believed to have been ...