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Scientists double down on age of what might be Earth's oldest impact crater, dating it again at more than three billion years old

After more than a year of controversy, scientists say they’ve used two geologic “clocks” to reconfirm that a site scarred by ...
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3 billion years old! This Australian crater is the oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth

"While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain." ...

Earth's oldest crater really is more than 3 billion years old, new study confirms

In the Pilbara of Western Australia, some of Earth's oldest rocks lie beneath the sky, as they have for billions of years.

Crater Lake National Park isn't closed. So why are gateway hotels empty?

The answer from Ashley and other business owners in the few gateway towns surrounding Crater Lake is a resounding “no.” The ...
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World's Oldest Known Asteroid Crater Is 3 Billion Years Old, Study Confirms

(murat4art/iStock/Getty Images) When scientists disagree, sometimes the truth is somewhere in the middle. That has turned out ...

Earth’s oldest asteroid impact crater may just have been found

Earth’s oldest asteroid impact crater may just have been found - Researchers date North Pole Dome in Australia’s Pilbara ...

Oldest known asteroid impact on Earth dated to 3 billion years

Curtin University researchers have determined the most precise age yet for the oldest known impact crater on Earth, providing ...

'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years

A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists ...
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Huge crater in Australia may be the oldest impact structure on Earth

A study claims that the North Pole Dome crater in Western Australia was caused by an asteroid strike 3 billion years ago, but ...