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

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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 have found the oldest impact crater on Earth – and it changes our understanding of our planet and the origins of life. The meteorite that left the crater fell to Earth 3.5 billion ...

The affects of a meteorite’s impact should not be underestimated. The discovery of the world’s oldest known crater caused by a meteorite could change how we think about the origins of life on Earth as ...

Despite these challenges, researchers have found evidence of an impact crater from 3.5 billion years ago. The new crater is located in Western Australia’s Pilbara Craton, a place that has some ...

Hellas Planitia: One of the largest impact ... Gale Crater: 3.8 billion-year-old impact crater Gale Crater is the name of a ...

The authors say findings could provide a new line of study into Earth's history and the early origins of life on the planet. What could be the world's oldest-known impact crater has been ...