Imagine a city-sized meteorite crashing into Earth at a staggering speed. That is exactly what happened 3.5 billion years ago in what is now northern Australia, and now, a team of scientists from Curtin University has discovered the traces of this ancient cataclysm, rewriting the history of our planet. The crater is located in the […]
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Earth Had a Ring Like Saturn’s for Millions of Years, and Its Shadow Triggered an Ice Age
A recent study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals evidence that Earth may have had a ring similar to Saturn’s around 466 million years ago, during the Ordovician period. The research team, led by Andrew G. Tomkins from Monash University in Australia, reached this surprising conclusion after meticulously analyzing the geographical […]
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The Yarrabubba Crater, the Oldest Known Meteorite Impact on Earth
The Yarrabubba crater, located between the cities of Sandstone and Meekatharra in Western Australia, is an impact structure that has captured the attention of the scientific community due to its impressive age and geological significance. With an estimated diameter between 30 and 70 kilometers, this crater is approximately 2229 million years old, making it the […]
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Murchison Meteorite Contains the Oldest Material Ever Found on Earth
On September 28, 1969, an extraordinary event shook the tranquility of the small town of Murchison, Australia. At 10:58 in the morning, local time, a meteorite crashed near the town, scattering fragments over an area of approximately 13 square kilometers. Scientists quickly mobilized to collect over 100 kg of scattered fragments, the largest being about […]
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Ann Elizabeth Hodges, the First Person to be injured by a Meteorite Impact
Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges, a married woman of thirty-four years old, was sleeping on the sofa in her Oak Grove home (Alabama, USA) on November 30, 1954, without imagining what was about to happen. Quite literally, because suddenly, at 12:46 (local time) and amid a sudden roar that violently woke her up, she felt a […]
