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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

THE world’s oldest-known crater from an asteroid smash 3.5 billion years ago has been discovered in the Australian outback.

Geologists have discovered the world's oldest known impact crater; it sits in the heart of Western Australia's ancient Pilbara region. An analysis of rock layers in the region suggests a crater at ...

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 ...