A meteorite exploded above Antarctica 430,000 years ago

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A meteorite exploded in the air above Antarctica 430,000 years ago

By Katie Hunt, CNN, March 31, 2021

 

Major Meteoritic Event Occurred over Antarctica 430,000 Years Ago

Researchers have found meteoritic spherules on top of Walnumfjellet 

in the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica. News Staff, Sci News, April 1, 2021

Fiery 'airburst' of superheated gas slammed into Antarctica 430,000

years ago. Nicoletta Lanese, Live Science, March 31, 2021

 

The paper is:

 

Van Ginneken, M., Goderis, S., Artemieva, n., et al., 2021, A large 

meteoritic event over Antarctica ca. 430 ka ago inferred from 

chondritic spherules from the Sør Rondane Mountains. Science

Advances. Vol. 7, no. 14, eabc1008, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc1008

 

Yours,

Paul H.