At Meteor Crater, Scientific Research is Ongoing
NASA’s DART Mission, a test to impact an asteroid off course, will be live streamed on NASA TV September 26
Explore the Universe with this Interactive Site!
Open Space Visualization Software is an open source project, funded in part by NASA, to bring space exploration research to the general public.
NASA’s 10 Favorite Impact Sites (Not on Earth)
Great images and reasons for preferring these 10 meteorite impact sites: check them out
The Top 10 Meteor Craters to Visit
The top ten list of amazing meteorite craters to visit around the world starts with Barringer Meteorite Crater in Arizona USA
New Research on Diamonds from Diablo Canyon Meteorite
New Research on Diamonds formed by the Diablo Canyon Meteorites found around Barringer Meteorite Crater
Micro-Meteoroid Strike to Web Space Telescope
The NASA James Web Space telescope suffered an unavoidable micrometeoroid strike to one of the primary mirror segments, but this was to be expected and was prepared for!
Martian Meteorite, found in Sahara, Contains Water
Studied since its discovery in the Sahara Desert, NWA (for “North West Africa”) 7034 has been studied, and more recently the crater on Mars from which this meteorite was ejected has been determined!
NASA Artemis Mission to the Moon Training at Meteor Crater
NASA Astronauts train for the Artemis mission to the moon at Barringer Meteorite Crater
Meteoritical Society Meeting in Glasgow!
2022 Conference of the Meteoritical Society, August 14-19
Do You Know Why the Rim of the Meteor Crater is Raised?
You can see the “butte” like raised edge of the crater along the horizon line from the road. Why would an meteoritic impact which creates a hole in the ground, also leave quite a raised rim?
NASA System Now Predicts Location of Impact
This year NASA was able to predict a non -hazardous arrival of a small asteroid, including where on earth it would reach our atmosphere, before disintegrating.
Possible Secondary Impact Craters Identified
This may be the first “Secondary” impact site ever identified on earth- where a cluster craters have been caused by a massive primary impact 280 million years ago.
Meteoroid, Meteor and Meteorite... What are the differences?
This Wikimedia Commons illustration shows a meteoroid entering the atmosphere, becoming visible as a meteor and hitting the Earth's surface as a meteorite.
Impact History and Highlights on Arizona Family TV
How and when it was created, what scientists think of it, and what you can see from the rim- all on this touristic video by the Arizona Family TV network.
Another Extinction Event: Eltanin Impact Triggered the Ice Age
The 4 kilometer sized asteroid which struck earth 2.51 million years ago is directly associated with the formation of northern hemisphere ice caps
Tune into Sir David Attenborough's "Dinosaurs: The Final Day" on BBC
Scientists are discovering new evidence from the exact day of the Chicxulub impact event 66 million years ago, which will be featured in a new BBC documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough
Visit a Meteor Fragment from Barringer Meteor Crater
You too can visit this 370lb fragment of meteorite from the crater which made its way to Wesleyan University’s Van Vleck Observatory Library in 1897! I wonder how far flung are other fragments?
(Set your reminder) Lowell Observatory Celebration of Total Lunar Eclipse
On May 15, 2022 there will be a total lunar eclipse! Don’t miss viewing it!