Rewriting Earth’s History: 3.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Crater Discovered in Australia

Rewriting Earth’s History: 3.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Crater Discovered in Australia

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into Earth’s early history, crust formation, and the origins of life. Researchers from Curtin University have identified the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater, a finding that could reshape our understanding of Earth’s formation and the origins of life. A team [...]

To uncover the stigmas of the distant past of the Earth is a challenge, as our planet is active. Erosion (by winds, rain, ice...) and the tectonic plates erase the traces of the torments that have carved the surface of the primitive Earth. If the discovery...

The oldest meteorite crater on Earth

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 known by more than a billion years. The discovery is published in Nature Communications. 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…