WINSLOW, Az. — Located between Flagstaff and Winslow, you’ll come across the world’s best-preserved meteor crater. Known as the Barringer Crater, it’s the first proven meteor crater on Earth and it ...
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 ...
It was a warm afternoon approximately 50,000 years ago in a desolate landscape in what would be later known as Northern Arizona when something monumental occurred. A giant ground sloth looked up into ...
A recent study from the University of New Mexico has proposed a fascinating theory about the formation of the Grand Canyon.
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5)-- It’s like something out of a sci-fi summer blockbuster: a giant meteor hurling through space and crashing into Earth. Meteor Crater is the best-preserved meteor impact site on ...
Sometimes, tourist attractions are popular for a reason. I don’t usually like to follow the crowd, but it’s important to ...
Having been reported in lunar samples returned by Apollo astronauts, meteorites, impact glass, and at a number of meteorite craters on Earth, granular zircon is the most unusual and enigmatic type of ...
A plane passenger couldn't believe their eyes when they looked out the window over Arizona and saw a meteor crater. The massive gouge in the Earth's surface was clearly visible from the sky, arguably ...
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. — Geologists from the University of Minnesota have found a crater 11 times larger than the iconic Meteor Crater in Arizona. The crater is hidden about 350 feet below the ...