Around 3.26 billion years ago, long before complex life forms roamed the Earth, a meteorite of staggering proportions slammed ...

A study reveals that bacteria not only recovered quickly after the catastrophic event, but thrived by taking advantage of the ...

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 recent study reveals that a 3.26-billion-year-old meteorite impact may have nurtured early life on Earth by enriching ...

Yet, in the aftermath of the devastation, nutrients like phosphorus and iron were stirred up, which helped life bounce back ...

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

Earth meteorite S2 impact Barberton Greenstone Belt ancient impacts iron and phosphorus early bacterial life microorganisms ...

Recent scientific findings suggest a massive meteorite that impacted Earth 3.26 billion years ago may have benefited early ...

Scientists paint a compelling picture of what happened the day the S2 meteorite crashed into Earth 3.26 billion years ago.

A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, ...

The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that ...