Geologists suggest the catastrophic impact of "S2" delivered key nutrients to the oceans, prompting microorganisms to thrive ...

The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that ...

But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet. One up to 200 times bigger landed 3.26 billion years ago, ...

This meteorite, designated as S2, is roughly 200 times larger than the Chicxulub responsible for the dinosaurs’ extinction.

A few billion years earlier than that, a massive meteorite four times the size of Everest smashed into the planet. The ...

Billions of years ago, when life as we know it was still in its earliest stages, Earth endured a period of intense meteorite ...

E: Eventually, the environment, perhaps thousands of years later, returns to its pre-impact state. A graphic showing how the ...

Zinc in meteorites reveals Earth's essential volatiles came from unmelted asteroids, crucial for life. This insight may guide ...

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Earth is constantly getting pummeled by meteorites. We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before ...

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