Meteorites have a pretty bad reputation. The most recent major impact with our planet was – to be fair – pretty devastating, wiping out a good three-quarters of all animal species on the planet. But a much,

Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion years ago, and even today,

Around 3.26 billion years ago, long before complex life forms roamed the Earth, a meteorite of staggering proportions slammed into the planet, dramatically altering its environment. This cosmic impact,

A new study from Harvard scientists reveals that the catastrophic impact actually allowed life on Earth to flourish. The post Massive meteorite impact 3 billion years ago aided life on Earth’s growth appeared first on Talker.