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What we learned at this year’s Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, TX.

Meet Earth’s ‘Youngest’ Impact Crater Discovered in 2021, Yilan Crater in China’s Lesser Xing’an mountains in thought to be only 46,000 years old. That makes it a younger sibling to the Barringer Crater by a scant 4,000 years! Read more at livescience.com.

A field of tektites, tiny glass grains formed during meteorite impacts, has been found in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Read more about this discovery—and the mystery of the missing crater—on Space.com.

NASA trains Artemis astronauts all over the world in places that approximate the surface of the moon (including our own Barringer Crater). Read about their recent trip to Iceland in WRAL News.

Evidence from Stanton’s Cave suggests that the impact that created Barringer Crater also caused flooding in Grand Canyon. Barringer Crater Company CEO Jennie Wadsworth and President Jenny Barringer visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center for the Lunar and Planetary Science conference.

Did The Barringer Crater Impact Trigger Flooding In The Grand Canyon? Ancient Driftwood found in Stanton’s Cave in Grand Canyon was dated to roughly 56,000 years ago…about the same era as the meteorite impact that created Barringer Crater! University of New Mexico’s Karl Karlstrom hypothesizes that flooding caused by the impact created an 80km lake in Grand Canyon.

The Meteorite Heist of 1998 Having successfully restored a large fragment of the Diablo Canyon (Barringer Crater) meteorite to the University of Michigan’s Natural History Museum, former FBI agent Greg Stejskal recounts his recovery of a stolen piece of Diablo Canyon Meteorite. recounts his investigation first-hand in the Ann Arbor Observer. You can also find the rest of the original 1998 reporti…

Barringer Crater Company Sends 5 Early-Career Researches To 5th Arab and Africa Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference The Barringer Crater Company is thrilled to announce that its travel and research grants enabled five early-career scientists to attend the 5th Arab and Africa Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference in Accra, Ghana, including a field trip to the Bosumtwi impact crater…

Making An Impact on Election Day Barringer Crater graced the badge of Coconino County Election Workers this week! The Barringer Crater Company is proud to support the free exercise of democracy in Arizona and across our great country. Barringer Crater graced the badge of Coconino County Election Workers this week! The Barringer Crater Company is proud to support the free exercise of democracy in …

The Barringer Crater Company Visits JPL Led by Dr. Adrian Tang, JPL’s System-on-Chip Architect for Science Instrumentation, Barringer Crater Company CEO Jennie Wadsworth took a full tour of Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s facility including the chips lab, the Mars rover field, the various workshops where they build the rover components, and mission control. Dr. Tang was the lead scientist on a recent…

Brazil’s “Meteoriticas” Meteorite Hunters The New York Times has an in-depth article by Sam Cowie—accompanied by gorgeous photography by Dado Galdieri—on Brazil’s home-grown meteorite hunters and their support of meteoritical science! Read more here.

Grants & Support Barringer Family Fund The Barringer Family Fund for Meteorite Impact Research has been established as a memorial to recognize the contributions of Brandon, Moreau, Paul, Richard, and Phillip Barringer to the field of meteoritics and the Barringer family’s strong interest and support over many years in research and student education. In addition to its memorial nature, the Fund al…

Meet the 2025 Barringer Family Fund Recipients Each year, the Barringer Family Fund awards a small number of competitive grants of $2,500-5,000 USD to support MA, PhD, and postdoctoral students as they carry out field research at known and suspected impact sites around the world. Meet the 2025 recipients at barringercrater.com/grants.

Barringer Crater Company Provides Travel Awards to 19 Scientists The Barringer Crater Company granted Travel Awards to 19 scientists to attend the Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Perth, Australia in July. To learn more about the grant and the names of the recipients, click here.

Coconino Sandstone: Pre- and Post-Impact During ICAARUS, Senior Researcher at SwRI Boulder Amanda Alexander shared samples of pre-shock (on the left) and post-shock (on the right) Coconino sandstone—the same mineral before and after the asteroid impact!

The Barringer Crater Company hosts Impact Cratering Workshop The Barringer Crater Company hosted 17 scientists from across impact cratering studies and related subfields for Impact Cratering and Associated Research: United States (ICAARUS) a two-day workshop in Flagstaff, AZ including three incredible sessions and a field trip to the Barringer Meteorite Crater.

First Stop on the Way to the Moon Two Canadian geologists, Sharini Kanni Suresh Babu and Ashka Thaker, visit the Barringer Meteorite Crater to better understand craters on the Lunar Surface, as reported by Arizona Public Radio (https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2025-06-16/arizonas-meteor-crater-is-first-stop-on-the-way-to-the-moon).

Meet Ramgarh Crater in Rajasthan, India One of only three confirmed impact craters in India, Ramgarh boasts a lush interior that stands in contrast to our own Barringer Crater. Learn more at https://www.outlooktraveller.com/experiences/heritage/ramgarh-crater-in-rajasthan-all-about-the-rare-cosmic-and-cultural-gem.