WINSLOW, AZ (AZFamily) — 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 ...

A recent study from the University of New Mexico has proposed a fascinating theory about the formation of the Grand Canyon.

The largest egg producer in the southwest is still trying to recover after a bird flu outbreak this year. The bird flu wiped out most of the chickens at Hickman's in Buckeye. Gila County officials ...

Lowell Observatory, Meteor Crater and Barringer Space Museum will partner to host a celebration for Asteroid Day Arizona on Monday, June 30. Th daylong celebration features family-friendly science ...

In all likelihood, June 30, 1908, began as a normal morning in Siberia. At last, the frozen boreal woods had given way to the thaw of early summer. The dawn was interrupted when a light nearly as ...

Research Grand Canyon landslide-dam and paleolake triggered by the Meteor Crater impact at 56 ka by a team from the University of New Mexico describes a lake in the Grand Canyon created by a landslide ...

The formation of the Grand Canyon may be tied to a meteor strike that created another astonishing Arizona feature hundreds of centuries ago, a new study suggests. While the stunning northern Arizona ...

A meteorite impact thousands of years ago may have triggered a landslide in the Grand Canyon and reshaped the Colorado River that runs through the national park. Geologists studying driftwood and lake ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In the northern Arizona desert, an imposing-looking crater shows the impact of an ancient meteor crash. Until the 1960s, it was mistakenly ...

Researchers suggest the impact that created Arizona's Meteor Crater may have triggered a massive landslide in the Grand Canyon around 56,000 years ago. © Kring 2017 ...