Earth’s oldest meteorite crater found in Australia
It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 ...
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A Meteor Crashed Into Mars and Sent Shockwaves Racing Across the Planet. It Apparently Happens More Often Than We Thought
These studies show that Mars is bombarded by meteorites far more often than previously thought — about 2.5 times more ...
Earth's oldest impact crater was just found in Australia—exactly where geologists hoped it would be
We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest ...
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Scientists discover Earth's oldest impact crater in Australia
"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...
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Cameras Capture Earthbound Meteorite
In 2021, cameras recorded the fall of the Winchcombe meteorite, allowing scientists to trace its cosmic origin. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding ...
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Officials confirm meteorites up to 2 pounds fell to Earth in Maine
CODYVILLE, Maine (WMTW) — NASA has confirmed small meteorites fell in Washington County late last month. Officials at the space agency said there were widespread reports of a sonic boom across ...
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Notes from a Naturalist: Meteorites and the Fireball of March 2021
Patrick Leverone of the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum holding a piece of the moon that landed on earth as a meteorite in ...
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The autonomous drones hunting for meteorite impact sites
Researchers in the United States are using autonomous drones to photograph and then analyse little-known meteorite impact sites, looking for small, well-hidden pieces of space rock. Artificial ...