Off the west coast of Africa, scientists have found evidence that tens of thousands of years ago a collapsing volcano sparked a megatsunami producing waves up to 800 feet high. The tsunami, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carly is a geoscientist reporting scientific innovation and discovery. A megatsunami grew to over 656 feet tall and crashed over ...

Nearby coastlines were uninhabitable for 1,000 years because of the tsunami's devastating impact. According to a new study, archeologists have found evidence of the largest earthquake in human history ...

The Viking 1 lander arrived on the Martian surface 46 years ago to investigate the planet. It dropped down into what was thought to be an ancient outflow channel. Now, a team of researchers believes ...

We live on a dynamic, sometimes violent planet. It’s just that we also live on it for a relatively short period of geologic time, and so we miss most of the action. Scientists drove the point home ...

A Martian megatsunami may have been caused by an asteroid collision similar to the Chicxulub impact – which contributed to the mass extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs on Earth 66 million years ago ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — This may be a new term that you’ve never heard before – megatsunami – that’s what experts say was the result of what happened nearly 66 million years ago when a 6+ mile ...

Researchers have recently discovered a crater in the Red Planet's northern lowlands, and it might be the site of a former ocean that ceased to exist after a megatsunami took place 3.4 billion years ...