Sidetrack Adventures What It’s Like to Visit the Giant Meteor Crater in Arizona Posted: April 2, 2025 | Last updated: April 2, 2025 Step into the heart of one of Earth’s best-preserved impact ...

(SPACE.com) -- The space rock that carved Meteor Crater in Arizona hit the planet much more slowly than astronomers once figured, but still 10 times faster than a rifle bullet. The new analysis ...

Meteor Crater was created more than 50,000 years ago by a massive meteor strike near Winslow, Arizona. Visitors can experience the 550-foot-deep and nearly mile-wide cavity from an air-conditioned ...