Asteroid impact zone found in Australia

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Scientists have discovered a massive 200-kilometer impact zone in the Australian outback they believe was caused by an asteroid which smashed into Earth more than 300 million years ago.

Andrew Glikson, a visiting fellow at the Australian National University, said the asteroid measuring 10 to 20 kilometres in diameter was a giant compared to the plunging meteor which exploded above Russia a week ago. Gikson called the find a “new discovery,” it’s size, now a minimum of 200km in diameter, “makes it about the third biggest anywhere in the world.”

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