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This Crater Was Supposed to Be Earth’s Oldest— Until Science Proved Otherwise
A bold claim about Earth’s earliest known meteorite impact has been reevaluated after new evidence emerged from the Pilbara ...
Earth's 'oldest' impact crater is much younger than previously thought
Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.
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Ancient Meteor Crater Thought To Be World's Oldest May Be 800 Million Years Younger Than We Realized
The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...
New study challenges discovery of Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater
The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...
Scientists Rewrite the Story of Earth’s First Continents With a Fiery New Twist
New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...
The oldest rocks on Earth are more than 4 billion years old
Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...
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Researchers may have finally found meteorites from Mercury
Debris from Mercury's heavily cratered surface could have reached Earth, so why haven't we found meteorites from the ...
New study confirms 4.16 billion-year-old rocks in Canada as Earth’s oldest
The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...
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These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crust
Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...