Earth's oldest crater really is more than 3 billion years old, new study confirms
Jun 24, 2026
In the Pilbara of Western Australia, some of Earth's oldest rocks lie beneath the sky, as they have for billions of years. They are dark, weathered volcanic rocks, close to 3.5 billion years old, cut by veins and stewed by deep time.
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-earth-oldest-crater-billion-years.html
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