Tag: impact crater
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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 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…