When a meteorite with the mass of four Mount Everests hit Earth 3.2 billion years ago, it caused global chaos and provided an ...

A formation known as the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa contains evidence of a giant impact that shook Earth 3.26 ...

When a meteor four times the size of Mount Everest crashed into Earth more than three billion years ago, it created a catastrophic tsunami and boiled the oceans. Sounds like a disaster, right? But as ...

Billions of years ago, Earth was frequently struck by meteorites. One of the largest impacts occurred around 3.26 billion ...

More than 2 billion years before the dinosaur-destroying meteorite, a meteorite the size of four Mt. Everests, known as S-2, crashed into Earth, creating a planetwide tsunami that actually had a ...

Recent scientific findings highlight two major discoveries: a massive meteorite 3.26 billion years ago enriched Earth's early ...

A large fireball lit up the skies over large portions the U.S. and Canada Monday evening. The American Meteor Society reported 436 sightings of the fireball, which was seen from northern Michigan to ...

"The oceans likely contained some life, but not as much as today in part due to a lack of nutrients. Some people even ...

Listen to Story This catastrophic event acted as a "giant fertilizer bomb" The meteorite, estimated to be 50-200 times larger ...

Analysis - The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder that Earth is part of a much larger and incredibly dynamic system ...

A giant meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and may have sparked life, ...