"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Various crater shapes can be found throughout the Solar System, and these differences can form from a ...

If you're planning to visit the Grand Canyon, you should check out Sunset Crater National Monument as well. Sunset Crater is just 30 minutes north of Flagstaff, Arizona on Highway 89. The crater was ...

One national monument tells the story of the birth of a mountain; another preserves ancient pueblos and a mosaic of Southwestern cultures. Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki national monuments north of ...

Wow, what a hole in the ground! When that meteor hit, I bet it got the attention of the mammoths, sloths and whatever other prehistoric creatures were around back then. Not exactly a scientific ...

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 ...

COCONINO COUNTY, Ariz. - Powerful videos and interviews with homeowners who've lost everything to the Tunnel Fire that burned north of Flagstaff have been seen by many, and now, there's an update on ...

The Barringer meteorite crater — known popularly as "Meteor Crater" — near Winslow, Ariz., was formed some 50,000 years ago in the flat-lying sedimentary rocks of the Southern Colorado Plateau in ...

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 ...

James Turrell has been constructing spaces in Roden Crater for 40 years — and he's still not done Turrell has struck a deal with ASU to allow some students inside Roden Crater In five years, the ...

IF it were due to happen on a specific date -- say, on a moonless Friday night, when the Arizona sky is frosted with stars -- the popular interest might be staggering. People and TV trucks might line ...

The night before my sons and I visited Meteor Crater in Arizona, we camped at a nearby park in the high desert of the Colorado Plateau. After dinner, while the kids played in the tent, I read an ...