Space Daily·3 min read·medium
An asteroid struck somewhere north of Australia 11 million years ago, scattering molten glass across a 900-kilometre ellipse in South Australia — yet scientists still cannot find the crater it left be
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Scientists have identified a new field of impact glass in South Australia, suggesting an asteroid struck the region 11 million years ago. While the debris field has been mapped, the specific impact crater remains undiscovered.
The glass is small enough to sit in a museum drawer, but the event it points to was not small.
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