Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Earth And Moon 'Bombarded With Large Asteroids 3.9bn Years Ago'

A lunar topographic map of the Moon Photo: NASA

From The Telegraph:

Any life which may have existed on Earth 3.9 billion years ago would have been wiped out in a devastating asteroid strike, new analysis of Moon craters indicates.

Earth and its satellite were bombarded with large asteroids during the solar system’s “turbulent youth”, striking new topographical maps show.

The impacts would have been powerful enough to evaporate any water on our planet and destroy any early organisms.

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