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Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: Why it needs to be protected
Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...
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America's Largest Crater Has Surprise Link to Grand Canyon, Study Finds
Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have ...
Study finds link between Grand Canyon landslide and Meteor Crater impact
Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico ...
A Meteor Impact May Have Caused a Giant Landslide in the Grand Canyon
A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake ...
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Explosive meteor strike may have dammed the Grand Canyon and created a lake
New research links the impact at Meteor Crater to a Grand Canyon landslide that may have created an ancient lake 56,000 years ...
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Meteor that hit Arizona 56,000 years ago may have built a natural dam in Grand Canyon
Cutting‑edge dating reveals driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves 55,250 years ago when a meteor’s shock wave blocked and ...
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Meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago
A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...
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Impact That Made Meteor Crater May Have Triggered Giant Grand Canyon Landslide
W hen an asteroid made Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, it did more than leave the Earth’s best preserved impact crater.
The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?
The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which ...
A meteor may have led to the formation of the Grand Canyon, new study says
The study dives into questions surrounding how and when driftwood in Stanton’s Cave in the Grand Canyon got there ...
New Study Suggests Link Between Grand Canyon Landslide and Meteor Crater Impact
A new paper in Geology led by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, University of Arizona Senior Research Specialist Chris Baisan, and Dr. David ...