In A Nutshell A Rutgers University review compared three deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites and three asteroid impact craters to assess which environment better matches conditions thought to support the ...

A long-running dispute about the origin of a North Sea crater has finally been settled, as new research finds a massive asteroid hit the water and triggered a towering tsunami millions of years ago.

A decades-long fight over what carved a vast crater deep beneath the North Sea seabed has ended. Microscopic “shocked” ...

An asteroid that struck Earth more than 43 million years ago likely generated a 100-metre tsunami, a group of scientists recently announced. The study may put an end to the debate surrounding the ...

A new study suggests meteor impacts may have created hydrothermal systems on early Earth, offering a possible setting for the origin of life.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study reveals a previously unknown meteorite impact that took place in northeastern Brazil some 6.3 million years ago. An ...

Even 200 years after asteroid 16 Psyche was discovered, astronomers continue to puzzle over its formation. Psyche is the 10th-most massive asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, and the ...

A tourist has spent hours trapped in “deep sh*t” – stuck at the bottom of an outback toilet in the remote Northern Territory ...