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Lakes formed by asteroid impacts 2.4 billion years ago helped Earth generate the oxygen needed to support complex life (opens in new tab)

Covers Discovery of stromatolite formation in post-impact hydrothermal lacustrine environments and its implications for early Earth

An impact crater formed by an asteroid 42,000 years ago became home to microbial life, offering new clues about Earth’s oxygenation and Mars.

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