Earlier this year, researchers announced the discovery of what they believed to be the world’s oldest impact crater.

A bold claim about Earth’s earliest known meteorite impact has been reevaluated after new evidence emerged from the Pilbara ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Abstract Aerial Art/Getty Images (AUSTRALIA) — The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Scientists have discovered Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater in Australia's Pilbara region, dating back an astonishing 3.47 billion years—makin ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the ...

The meteorite is thought to have slammed into the area at more than 36,000 km/h, resulting in a crater more than 100km wide, and could have sent debris flying across the globe, the study added.

Curtin University researchers have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...