But these drops could have traveled across the globe from a giant impact anywhere on Earth, most likely from a crater that has now been destroyed. After consulting the GSWA maps and aerial ...

Geologists have discovered the world's oldest known impact crater; it sits in the heart of Western Australia's ancient Pilbara region. An analysis of rock layers in the region suggests a crater at ...

Curtin University Researchers have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater known to science in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The feature is more than one billion years older than the ...

It suggests that the world was previously hit by huge impacts that we may not know about, and the craters left behind might ...

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 ...

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 ...

But these drops could have travelled across the globe from a giant impact anywhere on Earth, most likely from a crater that has now been destroyed. After consulting the GSWA maps and aerial ...

View of the discovery site of the oldest impact crater in Western Australia. Credit: Curtin University Imagine a city-sized meteorite crashing into Earth at a staggering speed. That is exactly what ...

Despite these challenges, researchers have found evidence of an impact crater from 3.5 billion years ago. The new crater is located in Western Australia’s Pilbara Craton, a place that has some ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the history of Earth and the planet's stages of evolution.