Cutting‑edge dating reveals driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves 55,250 years ago when a meteor’s shock wave blocked and ...

A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake ...

Researchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists previously didn't think had anything to do with each other.

The study dives into questions surrounding how and when driftwood in Stanton’s Cave in the Grand Canyon got there ...

Based on remarkably similar ages, the meteor impact that created one of Arizona's most recognizable landmarks and wood and sediments found in caves high up in the walls of the Grand Canyon, a new ...

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico ...

An asteroid hit the Earth in what is now known as northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It left a giant crater that draws people from all over the world. Nestled between Flagstaff and Winslow, ...

The Barringer meteorite crater — known popularly as "Meteor Crater" — near Winslow, Ariz., was formed some 50,000 years ago in the flat-lying sedimentary rocks of the Southern Colorado Plateau ...

Arizona meteor crater mystery solved. Friday, 11 March 2005 AFP. The fact that no melted minerals have been found at Arizona's Meteor Crater has puzzled scientists (Image: Peter L Kresan) ...

A smaller Meteor Crater-size impact may happen every 50,000 years. Which means, perhaps, we’re due for another. The delay: It’s a 10- or 15-minute detour off Interstate 40 to the crater.