"As scientists, we recognize the special nature of the impact crater, but it was also recognized by ancient inhabitants of ...

A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than ...

While much remains unknown, it is intriguing that two ancient meteorite impacts, the 3.5-billion-year-old North Pole impact ...

The Curiosity Rover arrived on Mars in 2012 at the Gale Crater, a massive 96-mile-wide (154 km-wide) impact crater formed by the planet's collision with an ancient meteorite. In the years since ...

What can carbon deposits on Mars tell scientists about whether life could have once existed on the Red Planet? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international ...

Louise Shackleton has spoken publicly for the first time since her husband's death in December, as parliament prepares to vote again on legislation to introduce assisted dying in England and Wales.

Drawn to the Pole will explore the magnetic and metaphorical pull of Antarctica, shedding light on the motivations of early explorers like Scott and Shackleton. It will house exclusive archive ...

and through revitalising Discovery Point it will allow the knowledge collected on RRS Discovery to continue to inform public understanding of the importance of the polar regions and the impact of ...

Why it's incredible: Evidence suggests it could be the greatest known impact crater on Earth. The Wilkes Land crater is a hole in the bedrock beneath East Antarctica's ice sheet measuring 315 ...