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Researchers Find Evidence of a Mysterious Giant Asteroid Impact, but They Don’t Know Where Its Crater Is

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Researchers Find Evidence of a Mysterious Giant Asteroid Impact, but They Don’t Know Where Its Crater Is

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Researchers discovered 11-million-year-old tektites in a museum, suggesting a previously unknown asteroid impact. The tektites, named ananguites, differ from known Australasian tektites and may originate from volcanic areas in the Philippines, Indonesia, or Papua New Guinea.

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