Earth’s meteorite impacts over past 500 million years tracked
Researchers Birger Schmitz (left) and Fredrik Terfelt (right) dissolved almost ten tonnes of sedimentary rocks from ancient seabeds. Photo by Johan Joelsson. For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the asteroid
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/earths-meteorite-impacts-over-past-500-million-years-tracked - 2025-09-13