Ancient meteorite was 'giant fertilizer bomb' for life on Earth
The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms. But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet.
Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.
The S2 meterorite, which hit the planet just over 3 billion years ago, dwarfed the one that caused the dinosaurs' extinction, ...
Recently, scientists ventured to the impact crater in South Africa's Barberton Greenstone belt, created by the meteorite, to ...
When a meteorite quadruple the size of Mount Everest slammed into ancient Earth, some microbial life thrived, a new study ...
A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, ...
A massive meteorite that hit the Earth three billion years ago may have caused ancient life to flourish. The S2 meteorite, ...
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