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A Meteor Hit Earth and Left a Hidden Gem in Ghana: A Rare Crater That Must Be Protected

The Bosumtwi impact crater, nestled in Ghana’s mineral-rich Ashanti gold belt, stands as one of Earth’s most well-preserved meteorite impact sites. As highlighted by a recent study published in ...
Snopes.com

Posts wrongly identify Mexico as location of largest meteorite impact crater

In September 2025, an X post (archived) viewed over 1 million times claimed the world's biggest meteorite impact crater was in Mexico and included a video of the purported site. The video and claim ...
Dinosaur Discovery on MSN

The asteroid strike that rewrote life on Earth

Chicxulub marks the site of the asteroid impact that abruptly ended the age of dinosaurs. Striking Earth with unimaginable ...
New York Post

Massive asteroid on potential impact path with the Moon could trigger destructive meteor shower on earth

What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...
Gizmodo

A Meteor Impact May Have Caused a Giant Landslide in the Grand Canyon

Researchers suggest the impact that created Arizona's Meteor Crater may have triggered a massive landslide in the Grand Canyon around 56,000 years ago. © Kring 2017 ...
India Today on MSN

Where is the crater that made dinosaurs extinct?

The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs left a massive buried crater off the Yucatan coast in Mexico. Known as the ...
CNN

The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...