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

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

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

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly ...

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

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

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

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

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

The find could hold implications for understanding the origin of life here on Earth.

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