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

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in Western ...

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

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

Previously, the Vredefort Dome had been the only dated impact structure. The 2 billion-year-old crater can be found in South ...

Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation ...

Researchers found the world’s oldest impact crater in Western Australia. The crater was created by a massive meteorite impact ...

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 ...

A rocky stretch in Western Australia's Pilbara, near Earth's earliest-confirmed lifeforms, was hit by a meteorite about 3.5 ...

The oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth (3.5 billion years old) has been discovered in Western Australia's Pilbara region ...

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, ...

It suggests that the world was previously hit by huge impacts that we may not know about, and the craters left behind might ...