The Sudbury Basin, the world's second-largest impact crater, as seen from space. New research suggests a comet impact formed the crater. The Sudbury Basin, which is the world's second-largest ...

The findings of this ancient impact are particularly topical with the current mission to provide more information about comets successfully relaying images ... crater as large as the Sudbury Basin ...

First author Edel O'Sullivan enjoys the sunshine by the Sudbury Crater in Canada. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

The Sudbury Basin is the second largest known impact crater on Earth — 62 kilometres long, 30 kilometres wide and 15 kilometres deep. PhD candidate Joe Petrus's recent research looks at what exactly ...

After taking a trip to Canada’s Sudbury Basin, a team from Trinity ... they established that it was microbial life within the crater basin that was responsible for the build-up of carbon and ...

Here’s how it works. The Sudbury Basin, which is the world's second-largest impact crater, was likely formed by an enormous comet that battered Earth more than 1.8 billion years ago, new ...

The origins of a massive 1.8 billion-year-old crater in Canada has been revealed The Sudbury Basin, which is the world's second-largest impact crater, was likely formed by an enormous comet that ...