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posted by mrpg on Friday November 16 2018, @11:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-knew-I-shoulda-taken-that-left-turn-at-Albuquerque dept.

New Atlas:

Scientists led by the University of Copenhagen's Centre for GeoGenetics at the Natural History Museum of Denmark have found an ancient meteor crater under the Greenland ice cap that's larger than Paris. Discovered using ground-penetrating radar data gathered by NASA, the possibly three-million-year-old impact crater is 19 mi (31 km) in diameter, about 1,000 ft (305 m) deep, and is buried under 3,200 ft (1,000 m) of glacial ice.

Until now, Greenland was thought to be devoid of impact craters. With its permanent shroud of ever-moving glaciers, the giant island was considered too erosive for any craters to survive for long before being ground away. However, the discovery of the crater under the Hiawatha Glacier shows that not only does the region have impact craters, it also has one of the 25 largest impact craters on Earth.

At last we know the source of the parasite that killed Isaiah's father.


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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Saturday November 17 2018, @01:21AM

    by bob_super (1357) on Saturday November 17 2018, @01:21AM (#762917)

    Asking for a random Bond villain with quick sports cars, tunneling equipment, and reusable rockets.
    Also, how's the 4G coverage, for the next 5 years ?

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