The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite ... pointing toward the center of the impact. Related: What are the largest impact craters on Earth?

The discovery bolsters the theory that meteorite impacts played an important role in Earth's early geological 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 ...

Australian scientists have recently discovered the oldest known meteorite impact crater in the world, which could change our understanding of the origins of life and Earth, according to a study ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath rock layers in the East Pilbara Terrane of Western Australia. The oldest ...

Scientists have found the oldest impact ... left the crater fell to Earth 3.5 billion years ago. The previous oldest known crater was 2.2 billion years old. It suggests that the world was ...

The crater, located near the Pilbara town of Marble Bar, is thought to have been created 3.47 billion years ago.

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater thanks to pristine structures created by the blast in the rock. Hidden away in the country's outback, the ...

Impact craters this old have the potential to tell us not only how Earth evolved but how the earliest impacts created the conditions for life to emerge. Long before the asteroid that ended the ...