The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...
This crater, located beneath the Yucatán Peninsula, is linked to the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. It is one of the best-preserved large impact craters on Earth.
The discovery of a 3.47-billion-year-old crater in WA's Pilbara region pushes back the age of the earliest-known impact site on Earth by more than one billion years.
Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, ...
This week, geologists announced they discovered the world's oldest known impact crater. It's in Western Australia's ancient ...
We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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 ...
In addition, the Pilbara crater sheds new light on how meteorites ... have even contributed to the formation of cratons, which are large, stable landmasses that became the foundation of continents ...