In the beginning, Earth was a violent place with no atmosphere to soften the blow. About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact ...

Boat tours on Crater Lake are among the top bucket list experiences in Oregon, but after this past summer, it will be a few years before they head back out on the water. On this week’s episode of Peak ...

Take a 3D virtual tour of Koko Crater in Honolulu, Hawaii. This volcanic landmark offers panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean, lush green landscapes, and the famous Koko Crater Railway Trail, making ...

In September 2025, an X post (archived) viewed over 1 million times claimed the world's biggest meteorite impact crater was in Mexico and included a video of the purported site. The video and claim ...

For more than 20 years, the Silverpit Crater deep under the North Sea has been the center of a heated scientific controversy. Some geologists were adamant that an asteroid produced the nearly-perfect ...

It’s almost tradition at this point: when LeAnne Taylor heads out on vacation, she finds a fellow Oklahoman. That’s exactly what happened during her latest adventure to Crater Lake in Oregon. While ...

What if we told you that the giant crater believed to have ended the reign of the dinosaurs is still here on Earth—but the actual meteor that made it? Nowhere to be found. 🌍💥 The Chicxulub Crater in ...

Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact struck with such force that it carved out a vast crater, later buried ...

When colossal asteroids rock Earth, it's not all doom and gloom. The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what's now the Yucatan Peninsula. But after ...

Cores extracted from the impact crater revealed evidence of an ancient, life-nurturing hydrothermal system in the wake of the catastrophe. Reading time 3 minutes Around 66 million years ago, an ...

Study co-author Sean Gulick, a research professor at The University of Texas at Austin, with a core sample from the Chicxulub crater. In 2016, Gulick co-led a scientific drilling expedition to sample ...