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3.47-Billion-Year-Old Impact Crater Discovered in Australia


A team of geologists from Curtin University has discovered unequivocal evidence for a hypervelocity meteorite impact 3.47 billion years ago (Archean Eon) in the center of the Pilbara region in Western Australia.

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