WINSLOW, Az. — Located between Flagstaff and Winslow, you’ll come across the world’s best-preserved meteor crater. Known as the Barringer Crater, it’s the first proven meteor crater on Earth and it ...

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 ...

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 ...

Those who've poked along the old, cross-country Route 66 through the American Southwest in Arizona might have accidentally driven by, or perhaps spotted, what looks like a giant, bowl-shaped hole in ...

Early in the morning of October 6, 2008, astronomers at the University of Arizona detected an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. When other sightings cropped up across the world, the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A video showcasing an incredible view of a meteorite site formed around 50,000 years ago has gone viral on TikTok. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. It’s officially Asteroid Day on Monday, June 30, when ...

This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history is still visible and ...

WINSLOW, Arizona (KNXV) — Located between Flagstaff and Winslow, you’ll come across the world’s best-preserved meteor crater. Known as the Barringer Crater, it’s the first proven meteor crater on ...