"As scientists, we recognize the special nature of the impact crater, but it was also recognized by ancient inhabitants of ...

The Vredefort crater in South Africa ... Thomas Davison of Imperial College London ran computer simulations of an asteroid 7 kilometers wide crashing into an ice-covered Earth at 17 kilometers ...

An impactor--most likely an asteroid--hurtled toward Earth about two billion years ago, crashing into the planet near present-day Johannesburg, South Africa. The impactor formed Vredefort crater ...

However, the asteroid is not considered a “planet killer,” according to Space.com. It is at least 70 times smaller than the Vredefort meteor, which wiped out dinosaurs more than 66 million ...

Chelyabinsk Meteor Compared to ancient giant impacts ... was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Predictably, Vredefort Crater is now a hub of tourism and geologic research. 4. Chicxulub ...

The Yarrabubba impact structure in remote Western Australia is the oldest known asteroid crater on Earth ... At 2.229 billion years old, the Yarrabubba crater is older than both the Vredefort Dome in ...

From lava flows to impact craters and fossil beds, this is a country where rock formations tell stories more powerful than ...