Earth's 'Oldest' Impact Crater Is Much Younger than Previously Thought

Ancient Meteor Crater Thought To Be World's Oldest May Be 800 Million Years Younger Than We Realized

The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the dating is off by a bit...

Earth's 'oldest' impact crater is much younger than previously thought

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unraveling Earth's 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business.

New study challenges discovery of Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced it is Earth’s oldest

Scientists Just Debunked 'Earth's Oldest Impact Crater'

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater is much younger than previously thought – new study

Outcrops of shocked rocks from the Miralga impact structure. Aaron CavosieEver been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the “clocks” geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case in point: the discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. The original study, by a different group…

This Crater Was Supposed to Be Earth’s Oldest— Until Science Proved Otherwise

A bold claim about Earth’s earliest known meteorite impact has been reevaluated after new evidence emerged from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. A site previously thought to host a 3.5-billion-year-old crater—potentially the oldest ever found on Earth—has now been dated to a much younger age. A Tale Of Two Studies: When Geologic Clocks Disagree Originally, scientists proposed that a massive meteorite had struck the Pilbara around 3.5 bil…