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In 1980, a physicist studying a thin clay layer found an iridium spike, and it wasn’t just trace metal: It became one of the biggest clues behind the dinosaurs’ extinction- ISRO detects possible subsurface ice on moon using Chandrayaan-2 data
- Scientists found a small asteroid visitor near Earth, and it may be a chunk of the Moon
- In 1920, a Namibian farmer hit something with his plow that turned out to be the largest meteorite ever found on EarthA Namibian farmer in 1920 discovered Hoba, the world's largest meteorite. Unlike dramatic impacts, this massive iron slab landed quietly, l...18 May, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
- Moon lava tubes are emerging as one of the strongest shelter ideas for future astronautsScientists are increasingly interested in lunar lava tubes. These underground formations offer natural protection from radiation and extrem...07 May, 2026, 04.38 PM IST
- What Did Scientists Find Beneath the Atlantic Seafloor? It Was Invisible Until Technology Revealed ItA massive, ancient circular structure, the Nadir Crater, has been discovered deep in the Atlantic Ocean using advanced seismic techniques. ...19 Apr, 2026, 02.53 PM IST
- A billion-year secret: How Lunar ice could turn the Moon into a Space ‘gas station', provide fuel for Mars tripScientists have confirmed lunar polar ice has been accumulating for 1.5 billion years. This ancient ice, scattered across different regions...18 Apr, 2026, 12.44 PM IST
- Moon’s hidden side captured: First-ever images of the moon’s far side in Artemis II photos - here's everything you need to know about the missionNASA Artemis II photos: Humans have seen the far side of the Moon for the first time. Images from the Artemis II mission show Earth disappe...08 Apr, 2026, 01.25 AM IST
- Artemis II breaks Apollo 13's distance record with daring moon flyby that included solar eclipseNASA’s Artemis II crew has reached the farthest distance from Earth ever travelled by humans, surpassing the Apollo 13 record set in 1970. ...07 Apr, 2026, 08.11 AM IST
- Asteroid hit North Sea: Has the 20-year mystery of Silverpit Crater in 'world’s most dangerous sea' finally been solved?Asteroid hit North Sea: A long-standing scientific debate has finally been resolved: the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea was formed ...13 Mar, 2026, 09.07 AM IST
- Earth’s Forgotten Collisions: Where Ancient Impact Craters Have Been HidingBeneath Earth's seemingly calm surface lie hidden scars from colossal asteroid impacts. These ancient craters, buried by ice, sediment, and...02 Mar, 2026, 04.12 PM IST
- Scientists uncover giant asteroid crater hiding in plain sight, and it changes everythingScientists have found a huge 900-meter-wide asteroid crater in Guangdong Province, China, three times more massive than the previously larg...22 Nov, 2025, 09.26 PM IST
- Chandrayaan-3 landed within a buried, one of the oldest craters on Moon: PRL-ISRO studyChandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover and Vikram lander have landed in an ancient, buried impact crater approximately 160 km in diameter and 4.4 km...01 Oct, 2024, 07.17 PM IST
- Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroidIntriguingly, the crater, named "Nadir" after the nearby volcano Nadir Seamount, is of the same age as the Chicxulub impact caused by a hug...19 Aug, 2022, 06.50 PM IST
- New technique based on AI finds 6k new craters on MoonResearchers have tried in the past to develop algorithms that could identify and count lunar craters but have remained unsuccessful.17 Mar, 2018, 02.55 PM IST
- Is there an impact crater off Kerala coast?Bengaluru, Oct 17 (IANS) A huge depression on the seabed recently detected off the Kerala coast in the Arabian Sea could be a crater caused...17 Oct, 2016, 12.54 PM IST
- Moon gets a 'makeover' every 81,000 years: StudyCrater counts and radiometric ages from returned samples help derive age estimates for unsampled units on the Moon and other Solar System o...13 Oct, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
- 340 undiscovered meteorite impact sites on EarthAround 90 craters with a diameter of one to six kilometres and a further 250 with a diameter of 250 to 1000 meters are still awaiting disco...01 Jul, 2015, 06.37 PM IST
- Oldest crater on Earth formed due to comet impactA comet may have been responsible for creating one of the largest and oldest known impact craters on Earth, a new study suggests.14 Nov, 2014, 03.56 PM IST
- Maharastra to promote Lonar crater site as tourist spotIn a bid to attract tourists to Lonar crater, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corp is setting up an interpretation centre-cum-museum to let...16 Sep, 2007, 12.20 PM IST
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