Earth’s oldest asteroid impact crater may just have been found:
Researchers date North Pole Dome in Australia’s Pilbara region to over 3 billion years ago
independent.co.uk/space/oldest-asteroid-impact-crater-earth-australia-b3001795.html
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Space Jun 25
3 billion years old! This Australian crater is the oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth
space.com/astronomy/asteroids/3-billion-years-old-this-australian-crater-is-the-oldest-known-asteroid-impact-site-on-earth
How old is the oldest impact crater in the world?: Experts are debating the remnants of a cosmic collision: A celestial body once struck Western Australia ...
spektrum.de/news/wie-alt-ist-der-aelteste-krater-der-welt/2330567
Oldest known asteroid impact on Earth dated to 3 billion years: Curtin University researchers have determined the most precise age yet for the oldest known ...
phys.org/news/2026-06-oldest-asteroid-impact-earth-dated.html
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Age Of Earth's Oldest Asteroid Strike Wrong By Half A Billion Years: Scientists have pushed Earth’s oldest known impact crater back to about 3 billion years.
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New Scientist Jun 24
Huge crater in Australia may be the oldest impact structure on Earth: A study claims that the North Pole Dome crater in Western Australia was caused by an ...
newscientist.com/article/2531525-huge-crater-in-australia-may-be-the-oldest-impact-structure-on-earth/
Earth’s oldest asteroid impact crater may just have been found: Researchers date North Pole Dome in Australia’s Pilbara region to over 3 billion years ago
independent.co.uk/space/oldest-asteroid-impact-crater-earth-australia-b3001795.html
livescience Jun 24
'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years
livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/unequivocal-evidence-of-the-age-of-earths-oldest-impact-crater-turns-out-to-be-off-by-half-a-billion-years
Huge crater in Australia may be Earth’s oldest known impact site, but scientists diagree
indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/huge-crater-in-australia-may-be-earths-oldest-known-impact-site-but-scientists-diagree-10757575/
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