At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

Thousands of years ago, a space rock hit what is now China, leaving a bowl-shaped crater some 900 meters wide ...

Scientists discover China’s Jinlin crater, the largest modern Holocene impact site, revealing recent meteor strikes may be ...

Researchers from Shanghai and Guangzhou, China have discovered an impact crater. It sits on the side of a hill in Zhaoqing, ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: ...

"It sounds like science fiction or the stuff of Hollywood movies." ...

A surprising new discovery of the Jinlin crater in Southern China is clarifying how celestial objects collide with Earth.The ...

In a first for the Perseverance rover, it appears to have found an iron-nickel meteorite near the Jezero Crater.

In the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, a research team may have discovered one of the largest meteorite craters from ...

On November 17, 2025, scientists announced the discovery of the world’s largest “modern” impact crater in southern China. The ...

NASA's Perseverance rover found a peculiar rock on Mars. Its composition suggests it may have originated from beyond our ...

The Jinlin crater, measuring 900 meters across, formed during Earth’s current geological epoch. A recently identified and exceptionally well-preserved impact crater is offering scientists new insight ...