A monumental discovery has revealed that an asteroid struck the East Coast of North America roughly 35 million years ago, leaving behind the continent’s largest known impact crater, now buried ...

The location of the crater in Chesapeake Bay. It is now completely covered by younger sediments, but was discovered in the early 1990s by marine geophysical surveys and subsequent drilling.

Geologists first pieced together the story of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater in the 1990s. It’s the largest known bolide strike in the U.S. and among the largest in the world.

The bay crater is the largest in the United States and the sixth largest of 170 known impact craters in the world. A number of factors make it an ideal place for exploration.

Officials with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation say it’s been a long time coming for Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, with 2025 slated to be a big year for major climate goals to be reached.

WASHINGTON (CN) — Federal grant freezes and proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency's impact on the Chesapeake Bay worry lawmakers and environmental organizations. "The Chesapeake Bay ...