Tony Prave

2 months ago | phys.org | Chris Kirkland |Timmons Erickson |Tony Prave

We've discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously thought. Our results are published today in the journal Geology.

2 months ago | theconversation.com | Chris Kirkland |Timmons Erickson |Tony Prave

We’ve discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously thought. Our results are published today in the journal Geology. This impact now aligns with some of Earth’s earliest known, land based, non-marine microbial fossils, and offers new insights into how meteorite strikes may have shaped our planet’s environment and life.