World’s oldest meteorite crater discovered, reshaping Earth’s history
A massive meteorite strike 3.5 billion years ago left behind the world’s oldest known impact crater, challenging previous ideas about Earth’s ancient history. Researchers from Curtin University and the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) uncovered evidence in the North Pole Dome region of the Pilbara,
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. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest known by more than a billion years. Our discovery is published today in Nature Communications.
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.
World's oldest impact crater discovered in Australia
Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater. Located in Western Australia, the crater has been dated to about 3.5 billion years ago, at a time when these almost literally Earth-shattering events should have been occurring regularly.
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.
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 billion years ago.
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 have been the place that life on Earth began. “We know large impacts were common in the early solar system from looking at the Moon,
Record Discovery: Impact Crater in Australia's Outback Oldest by a Billion Years
We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Massive and Oldest Known Impact Crater Redefines How Life Started on Earth
The high-speed collision may have played a role in forming continents, reshaping land, and creating conditions necessary for early life.
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