The impact crater could be linked to the origins of life on Earth. The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way ...

About 35 million years ago, an asteroid struck the ocean off the East Coast of North America, leaving behind a massive impact crater now buried beneath the Chesapeake Bay. The collision unleashed ...

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"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in understanding early Earth." Geologists have discovered the world's oldest known ...

Meteor Crater was created more than 50,000 years ago by a massive meteor strike near Winslow, Arizona. Visitors can experience the 550-foot-deep and nearly mile-wide cavity from an air-conditioned ...

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 ...

The discovery bolsters the theory that meteorite impacts played an important role in Earth’s early geological history Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Researchers discovered the oldest ...

Welcome to Crater Lake, a newly opened leisure and activity centre far, far away from anywhere, deep in the English countryside. This innovative facility has been built in remote woodland in a ...

Scientists in Australia say they’ve found the world’s oldest impact crater, surpassing the previous record-holder’s age by more than 1.25 billion years. The meteorite impact—in Western ...

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