Ancient rocky sediments in what are now western Australia and eastern South Africa contain remnants of what may have been an extraterrestrial-object impact large enough to disperse debris over the entire planet.
The sediments in question formed from particles deposited about 3.47 billion years ago in the normally quiet and probably shallow waters off the coasts of ancient continents, says Gary R.
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