Picture a space rock the size of a football pitch crashing into the North Sea's shallow seabed 43 to 46 million years ago.

AI-generated image of the asteroid impact. Cracking a cold case is always tricky. But figuring out one from 43 million years ...

After years of debate, scientists have finally solved the mystery of a structure hidden under the North Sea. Researchers at ...

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...

After years of debate, scientists have finally solved the mystery of the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea. New research confirms that a 160-meter-wide asteroid struck the seabed around 43 to 46 ...

'Within minutes, it created a 1.5km high curtain of rock and water.' ...

Since geologists first identified the formation in 2002, the three-km-wide crater and its surrounding ring of circular faults spanning about 20km have sparked intense debate. But researchers say their ...