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That makes the crater nearly 100 million years younger than previously believed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

South Korea said North Korean land mines “highly likely” caused the explosions based on the blast crater, flame patterns and the soldiers’ injuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for possible camping locations in Quebec ended up spotting something far more unusual: evidence of a previously unrecognized impact crater.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

For Lapointe, alerting scientists to the crater has become an unforgettable experience.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

It hit the road near the huge tree, blowing a crater in the packed earth.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

They show them the Moon's craters, Saturn's rings, Vega - the brightest star in the night sky - and other planets, using laser pointers to trace constellations and objects visible to the naked eye.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

According to the paper's first author, Caleb Strom, a recent graduate of the University of North Dakota, ancient features such as impact craters sit alongside much younger terrain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

While the Moon has numerous craters, many of which are far bigger than McGetchin, researching a crater's formation in real time can help build understanding of the Moon's geology.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

If demand craters, Nvidia will still be on the hook for purchases of inputs from its supply chain—a problem that only grows with its soaring commitments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

By noting which craters overlap which and other signs of lunar stratigraphy, we can reconstruct the sequence of impact and flooding events of which the production of crater Bruno is perhaps the most recent example.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

If now the telescope be directed to Alkes, there will be found, following him at a distance of 42·5 s, and about one minute southerly, a small red star, R. Crateris.

From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor

This is R Crateris, now known to be variable from above the 8th magnitude to below the 9th.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore

The star Alkes, or α Crateris, must first be found.

From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor

The Tom Cruise-led movie “Digger” cratered at the box office this weekend, limping to a fifth-place finish with $8 million in the U.S. and Canada in its theatrical debut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The bond market cratered Wednesday, with the 10-year Treasury yield soaring to its highest since 2007, after S&P’s September PMI rose to its highest since July 2021 and flashed an inflation warning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The southern surface is dominated by tall mountains and heavily cratered terrain, while the northern hemisphere consists largely of broad, low-lying plains.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

According to a Washington Post report, revenues dropped precipitously when he announced the change and then completely cratered when his name was added.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

There were crescents and quarters, gibbous and full, and they weren’t charms, they were moons—real miniature moons, cratered and luminous, as though lit by the rays of some distant star.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

That places the impact around 100 million years before a major increase in cratering on Earth that researchers have suggested may be connected to collisions within the asteroid belt.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

What they show is rock-solid economy, fueled by a boom in artificial intelligence, that shows no sign of cratering.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

With a clearer picture of the future, it can invest more carefully in fabrication plants to satisfy overflowing demand without cratering prices down the line.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

The cratering of the electric-vehicle market after the end of a federal tax credit last fall also dented sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Altogether it is thought–though it is really only a guess, based on extrapolating from cratering rates on the Moon–that some two thousand asteroids big enough to imperil civilized existence regularly cross our orbit.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson