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

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists in Australia say they’ve found the world’s oldest impact crater, surpassing the previous record-holder’s age by more than 1.25 billion years. The meteorite impact—in Western ...

Curiously enough, the crater was exactly where we had hoped it would be, and its discovery supports a theory about the birth of Earth's first continents. The very first rocks The oldest rocks on ...

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 ...

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 ...

The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australia...