In the past, Arizona was once hit by a giant, catastrophic asteroid. Just so we're clear, that was way back in the ...

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However, one professor at Northern Arizona University left hers on the stars in the sky. Nadine Barlow’s focus at NAU was ...

The U.S. Geological Survey location and Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff made the proposal to name the crater, and it ...

The remains of it are still around, and you can discover them for yourself: Sunset Crater Volcano, located in the Coconino National Forest, just a short drive from Sedona, Arizona. This dormant ...

Meteor Crater was created more than 50,000 years ago by a massive meteor strike near Winslow, Arizona. Visitors can experience the 550-foot-deep and nearly mile-wide cavity from an air-conditioned ...

So far, over 200 impact craters have been identified and confirmed on Earth, such as the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, the US, and the Wolfe Creek Crater in Australia. However, meteorite ...

Around 900 years ago, a volcano – which has come to be called Sunset Crater – erupted and transformed the encircling area. Geologic features like cinders, lava rock and lava flow compose this ...

Interested in all aspects of human perception, among the most famous and ambitious of Turrell’s works is Roden Crater (1977–present), an ongoing project of transforming a natural Arizona crater into a ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Most teachers hope to leave ... so the NAU and Flagstaff astronomy community thought it was only fitting to name a crater on Mars forever after the beloved teacher ...