New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly ...

A man accidentally discovered an ancient asteroid crater on Google Maps Minister narrowly escapes being in Cyril’s firing ...

Earth sciences professor at Western University Dr Gordon Osinski told CBC that circular structures are often spotted on ...

This means Ganymede's crater was the largest known impact crater ... including all non-avian dinosaurs. Some media outlets have quoted a Kobe University news release reporting that the asteroid ...

The asteroid impact in Mexico left deposits similar to those made by other asteroids from the outer solar system.

which is bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. The second biggest is the Chicxulub crater on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, which is 180 km (112 miles) wide, and created by a 12 km (7.5 ...

A camper scrolling through Google Maps has stumbled upon what could be a crater caused by a giant asteroid impact in Canada. Joël Lapointe discovered the likely crater with a spherical pit of about ...

Likely meteorite impact crater about 15 km in diameter as seen ... A breakdown of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs Studying such craters can reveal fresh insights about the origin of ...

About 66 million years ago, a city-sized asteroid struck Earth, creating a 100-mile-wide crater in Mexico and causing the ...

The infamous Chicxulub asteroid, which decimated the dinosaurs 66 million years ago ... wasn’t the size or depth of the crater, but its position. The bullseye faces directly away from Jupiter.