AsteroidDay: Incredible image shows 340 million-year-old asteroid impact crater from space
On 6/26/19 at 6:58 AM EDTThe European Space Agency has released a fascinating image of a meteorite impact crater in the African nation of Chad.
Aorounga is a poignant reminder of the dangers that our planet faces from such impacts. Although we have not had significant impact for more than a century, Earth has been struck by countless space rocks throughout its history. Asteroid Day always takes place on June 30 to mark the anniversary of Earth's last major impact event—a large explosion in 1908 over a remote area of Siberia that has been attributed to a disintegrating space rock.
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