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Scientists in Australia find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strike
Curtin University researchers use innovative techniques to date three-billion-year-old impact crater in Western Australia’s Pilbara region A meteorite that struck Earth three billion years ago left behind a “smoking gun” – evidence of the world’s oldest impact crater in a remote part of Australia. Ancient rocks in Western Australia’s Pilbara region record the event, which occurred during the Archean eon, a period 4 to 2.5 billion years ago, when tectonic plates were beginning to form and early life emerging. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Scientists in Australia find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strike, Curtin University researchers use innovative techniques to date three-billion-year-old impact crater in Western Australia’s Pilbara region A meteorite that struck Earth three billion years ago left behind a “smoking gun” – evidence of the world’s oldest impact crater in a remote part of Australia. Ancient rocks in Western Australia’s Pilbara region record the event, which occurred during the Archean eon, a period 4 to 2.5 billion years ago, when tectonic plates were beginning to form and early life emerging. Continue reading…
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- Scientists in Australia find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strikeThe Guardian - 2026-06-23T22:00:27+00:00
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