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Earth’s oldest meteorite impact crater was just found in WA’s Pilbara region – exactly where geologists hoped it would be. We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very ...

What could be the world's oldest-known impact crater has been discovered in the remote north-west of Australia. The crater, located near the Pilbara town of Marble Bar, is thought to have been created ...

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