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

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, ...

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

A trove of fossilized dinosaur footprints has been found on a slab of rock gathering dust inside an Australian school, ...

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

The discovery of a 3.47-billion-year-old crater in WA's Pilbara region pushes back the age of the earliest-known impact site on Earth by more than one billion years.

The discovery bolsters the theory that meteorite impacts played an important role in Earth's early geological history ...

Imagine a city-sized meteorite crashing into Earth at a staggering speed. That is exactly what happened 3.5 billion years ago ...

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

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater. Located in Western Australia, the crater has ...