<ul><li>Researchers at Curtin University and the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) have found the world's oldest known meteorite crater in Australia's Pilbara region.</li><li>Based on their study published in Nature Communications, the 3.5 billion-year-old crater may provide new insights into Earth's early eras and the history of life on the planet.</li><li>The impact event that created the crater occurred around 3.5 billion years ago, leaving a 62-mile-wide crater and generating shatter cones - a unique geological feature caused by intense pressure.</li><li>The discovery of this meteorite crater could contribute to a better understanding of continental evolution and the development of life on Earth.</li></ul>

Earth’s oldest meteorite crater found in Australia

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