The Yarrabubba crater lies in western Australia's Yilgarn craton, one of the most ancient pieces of Earth’s crust. Stars indicate locations where rock samples were taken; the dotted line marks a ...

The Yarrabubba crater, located between the cities of Sandstone and Meekatharra in Western Australia, is an impact structure that has captured the attention of the scientific community due to its ...

Earth’s oldest asteroid strike was at Yarrabubba, in Western Australia’s outback, around 2.229 billion years ago, Aussie scientists have confirmed. The team from Curtin University in Perth used ...

The world’s oldest remaining asteroid crater is at a place called Yarrabubba, southeast of the town of Meekatharra in Western Australia. Our new study puts a precise age on the cataclysmic impact – ...

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Yarrabubba Crater was blasted out by an asteroid or comet about 2.23 billion years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Around 2 billion years ago when Earth was covered in ice, a meteorite slammed into what is now outback Western Australia. Precise dating of melted crystals indicate a meteorite slammed into the ...

Deep in the Midwest region of Western Australia, hidden beneath layers of eroded rock, lies what scientists have now confirmed as the oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth. The Yarrabubba crater, ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Scientists have identified Earth's oldest-known impact crater, and in doing so may have solved a mystery about how our planet emerged from one of its most dire periods.

Scientists say that the Earth has about 190 major meteor craters on its surface. Despite having so many impact craters, scientists only know the age of a few of them. A team of scientists recently ...