Tag: Curtin University
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A Giant Asteroid Struck Australia 11 Million Years Ago. So Where Is the Crater?
Uncovering a Hidden Impact: Tektites as Time Capsules A recent study reveals that Australia holds a dramatic record of an ancient asteroid strike, not as a crater, but as tiny pieces of natural glass called tektites scattered across South Australia. The glass fragments are remnants of an event believed to have melted surface rocks and…
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A Giant Asteroid Struck Australia 11 Million Years Ago — The Hidden Tektite Field
A Hidden Record of a Giant Impact Scientists from Curtin University have joined researchers from Aix-Marseille University to reveal a giant asteroid strike in Australia 11 million years ago. The evidence does not come from a crater but from a field of tektites, natural glass formed when an asteroid melts rocks at the surface and…