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Giant Meteor Struck 3.5 Billion Years Ago

Posted by michael on from the earth-in-the-corner-pocket dept.

Jay Moore writes "According to this article on CNN, scientists believe a giant meteor 12 kilometers across struck the earth some 3.5 billion years ago making it the oldest known meteorite to have hit the earth."

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  1. Ah, the typical meteorite impact picture by therealmoose · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why does every news story involving meteorite have to have this picture? Where is it from? Is it a secret messages to terrorists?!

  2. Re:This got me thinking by Treeluvinhippy · · Score: 3, Funny
    I know its nowhere as near as siple as that,but just my 2 cents

    Keep your money, you'll need it.

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  3. Get With the Times by Sentry21 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously, I know Slashdot isn't a real news site, but it's pretty sad when something that happened 3.5 billion years ago is considered news. It's over dudes, it's old news, let's try and keep up to date, shall we?

    --Dan

  4. interesting by fredopalus · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't seem to remember any meteor hitting the earth at that time. Maybe I was asleep.

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