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 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.
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 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 impact crater found, rewriting Earth's ancient history
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. The team found evidence of a major meteorite impact 3.
Earth’s Oldest Crater May Have Jumpstarted Life
Geologists have now unearthed evidence of a 3.5 billion-year-old crater found in a layer of Australian rock. Shatter cones, which are features caused by the shockwave of a hypervelocity meteorite impact,
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.
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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World’s oldest-known meteor crater discovered in Australia is 3.5BILLION years old and was once 60miles wide
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