Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion years ago, and even today,

A gigantic space rock that slammed into Earth more than three billion years ago grievously wounded the biosphere—and then helped it heal

The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms. But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet.

The S2 meteorite landed in South Africa and likely created massive tsunamis, blocking out sunlight with dust. But researchers think bacteria quickly bounced back from the destruction.

A new study from Harvard scientists reveals that the catastrophic impact actually allowed life on Earth to flourish. The post Massive meteorite impact 3 billion years ago aided life on Earth’s growth appeared first on Talker.