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.
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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Earth's Oldest Impact Crater is Discovered
The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australia...
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'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, ...
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 ...
Huge Impact Crater in Australia Breaks Record for World’s Oldest by Over a Billion Years
A rocky stretch in Western Australia's Pilbara, near Earth's earliest-confirmed lifeforms, was hit by a meteorite about 3.5 ...
Scientists find the oldest impact crater on Earth – and it rewrites the history of our planet
It suggests that the world was previously hit by huge impacts that we may not know about, and the craters left behind might ...