Earth’s oldest crater really is over 3 billion years old, new study confirms
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"Earth’s oldest crater really is over 3 billion years old, new study confirms" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 8 articles from 8 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Sci.News, AZoMining, Yahoo and Live Science. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 86d ago.
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Coverage (8)
- Australia’s North Pole Dome Crater is Earth’s Oldest and Only Known Archean Impact Structure Sci.News · 89d ago
- Oldest Known Asteroid Impact on Earth Precisely Dated to 3 Billion Years AZoMining · 89d ago
- 'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years Yahoo · 89d ago
- 'Unequivocal evidence' of the age of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years Live Science · 90d ago
- Oldest known asteroid impact on Earth dated to 3 billion years Phys.org · 90d ago
- Asteroid crater in Pilbara confirmed again as world's oldest Australian Broadcasting Corporation · 90d ago
- Scientists in Australia find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strike The Guardian · 90d ago
- Earth’s oldest crater really is over 3 billion years old, new study confirms The Conversation · 90d ago
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