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Huge crater in Australia may be Earth’s oldest known impact site, but scientists diagree

New dating evidence suggests the North Pole Dome impact structure formed around 3.02 billion years ago, though researchers remain divided over its true age.

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Huge crater in Australia may be Earth’s oldest known impact site, but scientists diagree

The claim was challenged by another research team, including Aaron Cavosie, who argued that the crater could be much younger, possibly no older than 2.77 billion years. Now, Kirkland and his colleagues have published new findings in GeoScienceWorld b... [1027 chars]

Friday, June 26, 2026

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