Earth’s oldest impact structure was just found in Australia

 Earth’s oldest impact structure was just found in Australia

Earth’s oldest impact crater was just found in Australia

– exactly where geologists hoped it would be

Tim Johnson, The Conversation, March 6, 2025

https://theconversation.com/earths-oldest-impact-crater-was-just-found-in-australia-exactly-where-geologists-hoped-it-would-be-250921

the open access paper is;

Kirkland, C.L., Johnson, T.E., Kaempf, J. et al. A

Paleoarchaean impact crater in the Pilbara Craton,

Western Australia. Nat Commun 16, 2224 (2025).

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57558-3

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57558-3

Yours,

Paul H.