'This is by far the oldest': Scientists discover 3.47 billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Australian outback
Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, potentially affecting plate tectonics and creating conditions for life.
World's oldest impact crater discovered in Australia
Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater. Located in Western Australia, the crater has been dated to about 3.5 billion years ago, at a time when these almost literally Earth-shattering events should have been occurring regularly.
Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Was Just Found In Australian Outback
Scientists published the discovery of a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater, making it the oldest known by more than a billion years.
What a 3.5 billion-year-old meteor crater tells us about the Earth
Scientists believe a newly-discovered crater believed to be the oldest in the world reveals a number of clues to the early days of life on Earth. A team of researchers at Curtin University’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
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.
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Researchers Stumble Upon a Meteorite in Antarctica That Holds a 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Secret
When scientists found one such meteorite embedded in the thick ice of Antarctica, they unlocked a time capsule carrying ...
Brown University lab helps identify meteorite that fell on ice cream
A Brown University lab helped verify a meteorite that landed on a Pennsylvania resident's ice cream, university officials ...
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A Meteor Crashed Into Mars and Sent Shockwaves Racing Across the Planet. It Apparently Happens More Often Than We Thought
These studies show that Mars is bombarded by meteorites far more often than previously thought — about 2.5 times more ...
Only case in United States of meteorite striking a human was in Alabama
Ann Hodges was taking a nap on her sofa in November 1954 in her home near Sylacauga when a grapefruit-sized rock came through the ceiling.
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Brown University scientists ID meteorite that landed in ice cream carton
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Brown University scientists are receiving some sweet recognition after identifying a meteorite that crashed through a car window and into a carton of ice cream in ...
Geologists Found the World’s Oldest Crater—and It Might Have Jumpstarted All Life on Earth
Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...
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Australian scientists discover world's oldest meteorite crater
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SpaceX rocket failure lights up South Florida sky
The spectacle came after SpaceX's Starship rocket suffered a failure during ascent, sending fragments into the atmosphere.
Schoolchildren get to handle real meteorites in 'once in a lifetime experience'
Schoolchildren have been left awestruck by a "once in a lifetime experience" after they got to handle pieces of the moon and ...