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43 million years ago, asteroid impact gave birth to Silverpit crater under North Sea
F or more than two decades, the Silverpit crater, a strange circular depression hidden under the North Sea, has baffled ...
On the remote Yamal and Gydan peninsulas of western Siberia, the landscape is marked by massive craters that look as though ...
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Scientists Just Uncovered a Massive 43 Million-Year-Old Asteroid Impact Beneath the North Sea
A remarkable scientific breakthrough has resolved a long-standing debate about the origin of the Silverpit crater, located deep below the North Sea, off the coast of Yorkshire. After years of ...
Earth's core cannot be made just of iron — it also appears to contain carbon. And our research suggests it may contain a bit of oxygen and possibly silicon as well.
Research indicates that pyrite began to form 5 million years after the impact, suggesting that the hydrothermal system had ...
Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and ...
Silverpit crater, 80 miles off Yorkshire, was formed 43 million years ago by an asteroid impact, says Scientists, ending decades of debate over its origin beneath the North Sea.
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