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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 scientists view the history of Earth
Earth’s oldest meteorite crater found in outback WA
The oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth (3.5 billion years old) has been discovered in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
World's oldest meteorite impact crater found, rewriting Earth's ancient history
Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was shaped.
Earth’s oldest meteorite crater found in Australia
It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 billion-year-old, 43-mile-wide Yarrabubba crater. Researchers at Curtin University and the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) say the new recordholder is located about 660 miles north in the country’s Pilbara region.
Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Discovered in Australia
Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should be—then found it
Earth's oldest impact crater was just found in Australia—exactly where geologists hoped it would be
We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest known by more than a billion years.
Earth’s Oldest Meteorite Crater Dating Back 3.47 Billion Years Found in Australia’s outback
A Curtin University group has identified what may be Earth’s oldest meteorite strike in a remote part of Western Australia’s Pilbara region, near the North Pole Dome. Evidence in local rock indicates the collision happened around 3.
Discovery of world's oldest meteorite crater could rewrite history of Earth
Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could reshape understanding of the origins of life and Earth itself.
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Giant Mars asteroid impact creates vast field of destruction with 2 billion craters
Over two million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Mars, scarring the surface with one massive crater and around two billion smaller individual craters. These secondary craters appear ...
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Australian scientists discover world's oldest meteorite crater
Crater 'significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet's ancient history' A giant crater 2km across and 170m deep, formed by a meteorite, is the location of India's Lonar Lake.
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Huge Impact Crater in Australia Breaks Record for World’s Oldest by Over a Billion Years
Scientists in Australia say they’ve found the world’s oldest impact crater, surpassing the previous ... australia craters Earth meteorites Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.2% chance of striking ...
‘Not a meteor, not a volcano’: The Alaskan crater that science is struggling to explain
Savonoski Crater in Alaska is a 1,600-foot mystery with no meteor debris or volcanic vents. Scientists remain baffled, unsure if it’s an impact crater, maar, or something unknown.
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What Killed the Dinosaurs?
Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape of ... This 150-kilometer-wide crater lies just off the Yucatan peninsula. Scientists calculate that it was blasted into Earth ...