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A colossal asteroid once boiled the oceans. It also did the unexpected.
npub15awuvq8rk84mj9vv93xaqsgvle0j4yk7xsnqnd9jfkyzlzfyttvq9a9pll (npub15aw…9pll) reports: "Scientists suspect the impact left behind a monstrous crater some 297 miles (487 kilometers) wide, and created rock formations that remain exposed today in South Africa — with telltale signs from the ancient collision."
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Here's the full study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2408721121
#Asteroid #Geology #Earth #Science
npub15awuvq8rk84mj9vv93xaqsgvle0j4yk7xsnqnd9jfkyzlzfyttvq9a9pll (npub15aw…9pll) reports: "Scientists suspect the impact left behind a monstrous crater some 297 miles (487 kilometers) wide, and created rock formations that remain exposed today in South Africa — with telltale signs from the ancient collision."
https://flip.it/-MjEzu
Here's the full study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2408721121
#Asteroid #Geology #Earth #Science