The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

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The discovery of a billion-year-old fossil in Scotland offers exciting new insight into animal evolution, BC researcher says Loch Torridon in Scotland, where the microfossil was discovered. Photo: ...

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It struck Earth approximately 600 million years ago during the Ediacaran Period. During this time, land was largely barren and lifeless although shallow seas hosted an array of strange, mysterious ...