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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 !splut · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, judging from the little "NASA" on the side of the image, I'd say it's from NASA. Whether it's more or less comforting to know that NASA is spending free time depicting the total annihilation of the Earth, rather than sending messages to terrorists, I don't know.

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