Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sep 27, 2022, 08:31am EDT Sep 27, 2022, 09:15am EDT This article ...

In the abraded heart of South Africa's Vredefort impact crater lie striking green-black "impact" melt rocks that were thought to have been lost to time Geologists say they've discovered rocks long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The red dirt of the Australian outback seen from above, with scattered scrubs casting long shadows In recent research published by ...

Ancient impacts played a powerful role in Earth’s complex history. On other Solar System bodies like the moon or Mercury, the impact history is preserved on their surfaces because there’s nothing to ...

An asteroid that hit the Earth two billion years ago in what is now South Africa was even larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research suggests. Previous studies estimated that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's depiction of an asteroid hitting Earth. In recent research published by myself and my colleague Tony Yeates in the ...

The impactor that formed the Vredefort crater, Earth’s largest, about two billion years ago, was probably much bigger than previously believed—and would have had devastating consequences, a new study ...

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A team of five scientists from the University of the Free State is about to undertake research into the destruction caused by the Vredefort Crater meteorite. The ancient meteorite could hold clues ...