They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

THE world’s oldest-known crater from an asteroid smash 3.5 billion years ago has been discovered in the Australian outback.

Scientists believe a newly-discovered crater believed to be the oldest in the world reveals a number of clues to the early ...

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, ...

The so-called Meteor Crater in Arizona previously held the record for largest impact crater less than 100,000 years old; it’s about 49,000 to 50,000 years old and measures 0.75 miles (1.2 km ...

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.

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater. Located in Western Australia, the crater has ...

Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ... the evolution of surviving dinosaurs into today’s birds). The asteroid left a crater over 150 kilometres wide, centred just off the coast of ...

THE world's oldest-known crater from an asteroid smash 3.5 billion years ... which is the second-largest impact structure on Earth. "So, it is likely to have had a global impact." ...