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Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50,000 years later

Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what happens when meteors strike Earth, ...
AZFamily

Meteor Crater draws visitors to northern Arizona for Asteroid Day

WINSLOW, AZ (AZFamily) — An asteroid hit the Earth in what is now known as northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It left a giant crater that draws people from all over the world. Nestled between ...
Sidetrack Adventures on MSN

The 50,000-year-old explosion that created Arizona’s giant crater

Roughly 50,000 years ago, a massive iron meteorite slammed into what is now northern Arizona, creating one of the most ...
The News International

Arizona’s Meteor Crater continues to reveal new discoveries 50,000 years later: Here’s why

Arizona’s Meteor Crater remains the best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. Despite being studied for over a century, ...