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WINSLOW, Arizona (KNXV) — 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 ...

The Grand Canyon, one of the most iconic geological formations on Earth, may hold deeper secrets about our planet’s history than previously thought. A recent study has uncovered an unexpected ...

The iron meteorite that blasted out Meteor Crater almost 50,000 years ago was traveling much slower than has been assumed, University of Arizona Regents’ Professor H. Jay Melosh and Gareth Collins of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ancient meteor impact that formed Arizona's Barringer Crater sent shock waves through the Grand Canyon — likely triggering a landslide that dammed the Colorado River, a new study suggests.