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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. Re:Ah, the typical meteorite impact picture by cryptor3 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That sounds like something I said yesterday...