A camper scrolling through Google Maps has stumbled upon what could be a crater caused by a giant asteroid impact in Canada. Joël Lapointe discovered the likely crater with a spherical pit of ...

An internet user in search of peace. A previously unknown region of Quebec. And suddenly, Google Maps upends the certainties of geologists. While looking for a campsite, Joël Lapointe stumbles ...

Nine times out of 10 they’re not [craters],” Earth sciences professor, Gordon Osinski explained. An interactive map created by Gordon Osinski and Impact Earth shows impact craters in North ...

After firing up Google’s map software to plan a camping trip ... The key in declaring the site a meteorite impact crater centers around the existence of shatter cones, basically branch-like ...

You know, nine times out of 10 they're not [craters]," says Osinski. An interactive map created by Gordon Osinski and Impact Earth has mapped out impact craters and deposits around the world.

While using Google Map's satellite feature ... "That's the wonderful thing about impact craters. We get to have this link between Earth and the outside universe." The study of impact craters ...

Mount Etna, on the east coast of Sicily, between the cities of Messina and Catania, is one of the world’s most active ...

Researchers from the European Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geosciences (CEREGE) are currently assessing the site to determine if it is indeed a meteorite impact crater.