A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New ...
Forty-three million years ago, a 160-meter-diameter asteroid hit the area now occupied by the North Sea, releasing a 30-story ...
By impacting asteroids, scientists can collect a wealth of valuable information about the asteroids themselves. For instance, a recent asteroid impact plan announced by China aims to gather key data ...
When most of us think about what shaped our planet, we probably picture volcanoes, earthquakes, and huge continents slowly ...
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We generally believe that the forces shaping the Earth come from volcanoes, earthquakes, and the slow drift of continental plates. The significance of meteorite impacts cannot be overlooked, as ...
Scientists have, for the first time, pinned down exactly when microbes colonized a meteorite impact crater. The team shows ...
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North Sea Crater Proven as Ancient Asteroid Impact

Can a 3.2-kilometre-wide scar under the North Sea rewrite part of Britain’s geology? More than two decades of argument have ...