Asteroids with different spins and bonding strengths may be responsible for the vast variety of impact craters on Earth, including Arizona's Barringer Crater, new simulations show. When you purchase ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Subject: The Barringer Crater Company”s founder lost money on his venture, but won scientific fame Amidst the scientific tomes and nickel-iron meteorite specimens on J. Paul Barringer”s desk sits a ...

The Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona, is seen from a plane Januray 30, 2017. The Meteor Crater, sometimes known as the Barringer Crater and formerly as the Canyon Diablo crater, is a famous impact ...

Loosely-bound clumpy asteroids with curveball-like spins may have scooped out some of Earth's most distinctly shaped craters, including Arizona's bowl-like Barringer Crater, a study published Nov. 22 ...

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 ...