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An orthophoto of Wolfe Creek Crater. An orthophoto is an aerial photograph that has been geometrically corrected so that the scale is uniform and the photo has the same lack of distortion as a map. Credit: University of Wollongong
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New study reveals secrets of Wolfe Creek Crater

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Maps of the Siljan impact structure and study locations. a Map of Sweden with the Siljan area indicated. b Geological map of the Siljan impact structure with locations of the cored boreholes and the quarry sampled for mineral coatings indicated, along with the sedimentary units in the crater depression, towns, lakes (white) and roads (black lines). Gas compositions exist from boreholes VM2 and VM5 (located adjacent to VM2). Credit: Nature Communications, 2019
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Europe’s largest meteorite crater home to deep ancient life

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The Wedderburn meteorite. (Museums Victoria/CC BY 4.0)
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Scientists Confirm The Discovery of a Mineral Never Before Seen in...

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The 21 shocked and unshocked zircon crystals dated in this study were separated from this ~30 cubic centimeters of unconsolidated late Eocene sediment obtained from Ocean Drilling Project site 1073, hole A. Credit: Biren/ASU
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Researchers study largest impact crater in the US, buried for 35...

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An example of a Pallasite meteorite (from the Esquel fall) on display in the Vale Inco Limited Gallery of Minerals at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Meteorite strikes made life on Earth possible

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Researchers searching for fossils kept finding tiny glassy spheres inside ancient clams. After more than a decade, testing suggests they are evidence of one or more undocumented meteorite impacts in Florida’s distant past. Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace
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Cosmic pearls: Fossil clams in Florida contain evidence of ancient meteorite

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laminar beds of sandstone
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Site of biggest ever meteorite collision in the UK discovered

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The L6 ordinary chondrite El Médano 128, a 556 g meteorite recovered in the Atacama Desert. Photo courtesy CCJ-CNRS, P. Groscaux.
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Oldest meteorite collection on Earth found in one of the driest...

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Close-up of the meteorite fragment showing the fusion crust.
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Detective mission to characterise and trace the history of a new...

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66 million years ago a meteorite of a diameter 14 km wide struck the Earth with an enormous speed of 20.000 kilometers per hour drilling itself 20 km into the Earth's crust
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The formation of large meteorite craters is unraveled

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Oldest rock on Earth
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Meteorite bombardment likely to have created the Earth’s oldest rocks

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The oldest known zircon from Mars.
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Meteorite ‘Black Beauty’ expands window for when life might have existed...

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Meteorite sample
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Meteorite diamonds tell of a lost planet

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Water appeared while Earth was still growing

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A blue crystal recovered from a meteorite that fell near Morocco in 1998.
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Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to Earth

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Thin section view of meteoritic ejecta deposit si
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60 Million Year Old Meteorite Strike in Scotland

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This is a reflected light image of a metal-sulphide clast in the enstatite chondrite ALH 77295
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Meteorite analysis shows reduced salt is key in Earth’s new recipe

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Meteorites may have brought building blocks of life to Earth

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Large meteorite impacts drove plate-tectonic processes on the early Earth

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High-pressure experiments solve meteorite mystery

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