3.5 billion-year-old crater created by meteorite impact found in Australia, scientists say
The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...
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Oldest Known Impact Crater Discovered in Australia
The discovery bolsters the theory that meteorite impacts played an important role in Earth's early geological history ...
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U.S. Crater Three Times the Grand Canyon’s Size Found—How Did We Miss It?
The shockwaves from the collision altered the region’s topography, creating a complex network of underground channels and ...
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Scientists find the oldest impact crater on Earth – and it rewrites the history of our planet
as impact craters created environments friendly to microbial life such as hot water pools,” Professor Kirkland said. “It also radically refines our understanding of crust formation ...
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Huge Impact Crater in Australia Breaks Record for World’s Oldest by Over a Billion Years
By far, the Pilbara crater is the oldest known on Earth, the researchers say, and they managed to find it thanks to a distinctive rock formation. The team’s findings are published today in ...