Public Radio International3h
The positive impact of a giant meteorite that crashed into Earth more than 3 billion years ago
More than 2 billion years before the dinosaur-destroying meteorite, a meteorite the size of four Mt. Everests, known as S-2, crashed into Earth, creating a planetwide tsunami that actually had a ...
devdiscourse4h
Meteorites: Ancient Fertilizers and Bee Protectors
Recent scientific findings highlight two major discoveries: a massive meteorite 3.26 billion years ago enriched Earth's early ...
Inverse10h
A Meteorite the Size of Four Mount Everests Hit Earth — It Left This Strange Aftermath
When a meteorite quadruple the size of Mount Everest slammed into ancient Earth, some microbial life thrived, a new study ...
A giant, ancient meteorite may have helped life on Earth thrive
A giant meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and may have sparked life, ...
Life ‘may have thrived’ after giant meteorite hit Earth – research
Experts suggest the conditions caused by the impact of the S2 meteorite 3.26 billion years ago may have caused certain life ...
The Debrief12h
1,200-Mile-Wide Meteorite that Slammed Into Earth Billions of Years Ago May Have Actually Helped Life Flourish, Study Reveals
A meteorite 200 times larger than the one that killed the dinosaurs once hit Earth. Surprisingly, it may have helped kick ...
Meteorite 200X Size of Dinosaur Killer Hit Earth—Here's What Happened Next
Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.
A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago, but provided a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life
When a meteorite with the mass of four Mount Everests hit Earth 3.2 billion years ago, it caused global chaos and provided an ...