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The Yarrabubba impact structure is the eroded remnant of an impact crater, situated in the northern Yilgarn Craton near Yarrabubba Station between the towns of Sandstone and Meekatharra, Mid West Western Australia. [2] [3] With an age of 2.229 billion years, it is the oldest known impact structure on Earth. [1]
The huge Yarrabubba crater in Western Australia has been dated to 2.229bn years ago in a geological study. Oldest impact crater on Earth could throw light on ancient climate change Skip to main ...
Researchers have determined that the 45-mile-wide (70-km-wide) Yarrabubba crater in Australia formed when an asteroid struck Earth just over 2.2 billion years ago.
The following structures are officially considered "unconfirmed" because they are not listed in the Earth Impact Database. Due to stringent requirements regarding evidence and peer-reviewed publication, newly discovered craters or those with difficulty collecting evidence generally are known for some time before becoming listed.
Less than ten thousand years old, and with a diameter of 100 m (330 ft) or more. The EID lists fewer than ten such craters, and the largest in the last 100,000 years (100 ka) is the 4.5 km (2.8 mi) Rio Cuarto crater in Argentina. [2]
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 hit a record high. Experts expect the risk percentage to fluctuate before likely dropping to zero. Here’s why.
The Earth will be hit by a tiny asteroid today, astronomers ... CSS observer Jacqueline Fazekas has just discovered a small meteoroid that will harmlessly impact with Earth's atmosphere in about 8 ...
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) first noted this asteroid. Due to 2024 UQ being close to the boundary between two adjacent fields, [clarification needed] [4] only hours later was the object reported to be moving. By then, the asteroid had already reached Earth.