"As scientists, we recognize the special nature of the impact crater, but it was also recognized by ancient inhabitants of ...

From lava flows to impact craters and fossil beds, this is a country where rock formations tell stories more powerful than ...

About 220,000 years ago, a meteor slammed into a corner of South Africa creating the Tswaing Crater. Today, it's a hotbed of wildlife and exotic vegetation, drawing tourists from all over the world.

An asteroid that size ... The confirmed ones range from the 200-mile-wide Vredefort crater in South Africa to a piddly little car-size dent in a field near Haviland, Kansas.

The Yarrabubba impact structure in remote Western Australia is the oldest known asteroid crater on Earth ... At 2.229 billion years old, the Yarrabubba crater is older than both the Vredefort Dome in ...