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1 billion years ago, a meteorite struck Scotland and influenced life on Earth
While much remains unknown, it is intriguing that two ancient meteorite impacts, the 3.5-billion-year-old North Pole impact ...
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A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life
The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests. A study of the remnants of a 3.26 billion-year-old impact reveals that ...
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Earth Was Hit By A Massive Meteorite 3.26 Billion Years Ago, And The Impact May Have Helped Early Life Flourish By Releasing Vital Nutrients For Microbes
In the rock layers, the researchers could see spherules, which are tiny, glass-like orbs that form when silica-containing rock melts due to a meteorite impact. They also observed conglomerates ...
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Meteor strike may have sparked an explosion of life in the early Earth
But one of the rarest and most vital elements for life—phosphorus—was delivered in great supply by the impact. The meteorite that caused the S2 impact was between 37 and 58 kilometers wide.
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On the hunt for meteorites in the far reaches of the Sahara
From a small bag, Henoun took out a magnifying glass and a magnetic strip ... them confirmed by scientists and recorded in the Canada-based Earth Impact Database. Robert Ward, a meteorite collector in ...