Scientists discover world's oldest meteorite crater in Australia that ‘explain a lot about how life may have got started’

Scientists in Australia have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in northwestern Australia, estimated to be 3.47 billion years old. This finding challenges previous assumptions about Earth's ancient history and suggests impact craters could have been environments conducive to early microbial life, providing new insights into the origins of life and Earth's crust formation.

Scientists discover world's oldest meteorite crater in Australia that ‘explain a lot about how life may have got started’
Scientists in Australia have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in northwestern Australia, estimated to be 3.47 billion years old. This finding challenges previous assumptions about Earth's ancient history and suggests impact craters could have been environments conducive to early microbial life, providing new insights into the origins of life and Earth's crust formation.