This discovery challenges our understanding of Earth’s early history and could shed light on the origins of life.

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, potentially affecting plate tectonics and creating conditions for life.

The impact could have kicked up rock deep beneath the earth that eventually spread globally as the meteorite strike sent debris flying. The age of the impact is “statistically indistinguishable” from ...

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

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

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

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 billion-year-old, 43-mile-wide Yarrabubba crater. Researchers at Curtin University ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

Warmer weather means more time to get outdoors and see what's above. A meteor shower that has been observed for 2,700 years ...

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“On Earth, this early impact record has seemingly been lost, reflecting the destructive efficiency of erosion and subduction ...

Earth’s oldest meteorite impact crater was just found in WA’s Pilbara region – exactly where geologists hoped it would be. We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very ...