Scientists found Earth’s oldest impact crater, 3.5 billion years old, in Western Australia. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in Western Australia's Pilbara region. This ancient structure, dating back approximately ...

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Study opens new doors for studying how meteorite impacts might have influenced Earth. In Western Australia, researchers have made a significant discovery: they have found the oldest meteorite ...

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Scientists have discovered the world's oldest meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, dating back 3.5 billion years, which could provide clues to the early days of life on Earth. Upheaval ...

(Picture: Curtin University) Scientists believe a newly-discovered crater believed to be the oldest ... Experts now think a major meteorite smacked into it 3.5billion years ago, according to ...

Earth’s oldest meteorite impact crater was just found in WA’s Pilbara region – exactly where geologists hoped it would be. We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very ...

Just for illustrative purposes. Image by Midjourney/ZME Science. A Curtin University group has identified what may be Earth’s oldest meteorite strike in a remote part of Western Australia’s ...

Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could reshape understanding of the origins of life and Earth itself. Sydney, Australia - Australian scientists have ...

Geologist and study co-author Tim Johnson said the dome was likely to be uplifted by the impact of the meteorite smashing into Earth. "So, when you form a really big crater, the middle bit forces it's ...