Ik Kil Cenote in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula blends breathtaking natural beauty with deep Mayan history. Formed after a massive asteroid impact, it was once a sacred site for rituals to the rain god ...

Separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, the Yucatan is a flat expanse covering some 181,000km² and the site of ...

An analysis of three major craters on Earth created by meteor impacts shows that the large space rocks we usually blame for ending life are the ones that actually created the perfect conditions for ...

It felt like off-roading on another planet. Crumbly black cinders crunched beneath my tires, as I explored an otherworldly region of volcanic cones and craters. The overlapping 4×4 tracks and ...

The asteroid Ryugu is seen by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft from a distance of 6 kilometers. Credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of ...

Tom Ignudo is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Before he joined CBS Philadelphia in 2021, Tom covered high school and college sports for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He covers breaking ...

The Artemis II crew wept Monday night as they asked Mission Control for a special favor — to name “a bright spot on the moon’’ after their commander’s late wife. “A number of years ago, we started ...

There’s a little more tough news out of Crater Lake this spring. While last week’s news of the national park’s record low snowpack may have had a silver lining for cyclists hoping to ride around the ...

Moments after the crew of Artemis 2 broke the spaceflight record for the farthest humans have ever been from Earth, the crew shared an emotional moment, proposing to name a crater on the Moon after ...

As the astronauts aboard Artemis II's Orion flew over the far side of the Moon on April 6, they and the mission's science officers back on Earth couldn't hide their excitement over the steady stream ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman gestured a heart sign before the Artemis II took off to orbit the Moon, where astronauts proposed for ...

Satellites have captured amazing views views of these craters on Earth. ESA explains. Nördlinger Ries, Ouarkziz Crater, Tenoumer Crater, Gosses Bluff, Siljan Ring, Roter Kamm, Manicouagan Crater, ...