Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 ...

Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly ...

It suggests that the world was previously hit by huge impacts that we may not know about, and the craters left behind might ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth (3.5 billion years old) has been discovered in Western Australia's Pilbara region ...

Geologists have now unearthed evidence of a 3.5 billion-year-old crater found in a layer of Australian rock. Shatter cones, which are features caused by the shockwave of a hypervelocity meteorite ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

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 shaped. The team found ...

The find could hold implications for understanding the origin of life here on Earth.