Huge Asteroid Impact Crater Found Just Under the Ice in Greenland

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

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