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. — 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 ...

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 ...

A video showcasing an incredible view of a meteorite site formed around 50,000 years ago has gone viral on TikTok. The footage was captured by a hiker on TikTok known as @blackhikingqueen and has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The iron meteorite that blasted out Meteor Crater almost 50,000 years ago was traveling much slower than has been assumed, University of Arizona Regents’ Professor H. Jay Melosh and Gareth Collins of ...

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 ...