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Scientists Find Huge Meteor Crater In China

Harbin (China): Chinese scientists have discovered a meteor crater with a diameter of 1,850 metres and a depth of 150 metres at Yilan in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. Led by the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the findings were published online in the Chinese Science Bulletin on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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2 Bn Years Old Australian Meteor Crater Is Oldest Known: NASA

Washington: Analysing the age of the Yarrabubba meteor crater in Australia, a NASA scientist has found it to be 2.229 billion years old, making it now the oldest crater currently known. “It’s 200 million years older than the previously oldest known crater, which was the over 200-kilometre Vredefort Dome crater in South Africa,” said Timmons […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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