A team of geologists from Curtin University has discovered unequivocal evidence for a hypervelocity meteorite impact 3.47 billion years ago (Archean Eon) in the center of the Pilbara region in Western Australia. Before this discovery, the oldest impact crater was 2.2 billion years old, so this is by far the oldest known crater ever found on Earth. Shatter cones at the North Pole Dome in the center of the Pilbara region, Australia. Image credit: Curtin...
