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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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