Tag: early Earth
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Oldest Meteorite Impact Crater Found in WA, Australia
A discovery in Western Australia reshapes Earth’s early history Planet Earth’s early years were a brutal place. The surface was frequently scarred by space rocks as the young planet cooled, atmosphere formed, and life began its slow climb. The latest fieldwork from Curtin University raises the stakes in this story: a site in Western Australia’s…
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Oldest Meteorite Impact Crater Could Be Right Here in WA’s Pilbara
Earth’s Early Scars: A Crater Older Than Time Earth’s violent youth is a well-worn tale: a lethal asteroid, a planet in upheaval, and a crust still forming. In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, scientists are rewriting parts of that story. A team from Curtin University says they may have found the oldest meteorite impact…
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Oldest meteorite crater in WA revealed: 3.5B years
Australia’s Ancient Impact: A Crater Older Than Time Earth’s early history is written in rocks, and Western Australia now claims a headline as old as the planet itself. Researchers from Curtin University have proposed that a fossilised meteorite crater in the Pilbara region—deep in the archipelago of ancient crust around North Pole Dome and Marble…
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First Evidence of Proto Earth: 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Materials Unearthed by Geologists
New Clues from the Deep Past: Proto Earth Resurfaces In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers from MIT and collaborating institutions report the most compelling evidence yet of proto Earth materials. These remnants, dating back roughly 4.5 billion years, predate the giant collision that shaped the Earth as we know it today. The…