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An Extended Barrage of Asteroid Impacts Made Earth Too Hot to Form Continents


New research shows that repeated impacts on Earth during the Hadean eon prevented thick and stable crustal material from forming. The heat from these impacts penetrated deep into the planet, and along with radiogenic heating, delayed the formation of a solid crust.

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