Huge Asteroid Impact Crater Found Just Under the Ice in Greenland

By Evan Gough November 16, 2018
Huge Asteroid Impact Crater Found Just Under the Ice in Greenland

"The crater is exceptionally well-preserved and that is surprising..." - Professor Kurt Kjaer, lead author of the study.

"The survey exceeded all expectations and imaged the depression in stunning detail." - Joe MacGregor, Glaciologist at Goddard Space Flight Center.

The Impact Crater and the Younger Dryas

Sources:

  • NASA Press Release: International Team, NASA Make Unexpected Discovery Under Greenland Ice

  • Research Paper: A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland

  • Research Paper: Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling

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    Evan Gough

    Evan Gough is a science-loving guy with no formal education who loves Earth, forests, hiking, and heavy music. He's guided by Carl Sagan's quote: "Understanding is a kind of ecstasy."