On November 17, 2025, scientists announced the discovery of the world’s largest “modern” impact crater in southern China. The Jinlin crater, located near Zhaoqing City in Guangdong Province, had ...
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At 900 Meters Across, Earth's Largest Modern Impact Crater Has Just Been Found By Scientists
A mong the hilly forests of southern China, scientists have discovered the largest modern meteorite impact crater on Earth. Dubbed the Jinlin crater, the giant pitted scar could become an invaluable ...
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China finally confirms a huge hidden asteroid crater
China has quietly confirmed that a vast circular scar in its northeast is not a volcanic basin or a quirk of erosion, but a ...
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Scientists find a giant asteroid crater hiding in plain sight
A vast scar from a cosmic collision has been sitting in southern China, hiding in the landscape so effectively that people ...
At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.
GUANGZHOU, 24 October (BelTA - Xinhua) - The Jinlin impact crater in south China's Guangdong Province has been confirmed as the largest known crater on Earth since the Holocene period, which spans ...
Scientists have discovered a massive asteroid impact crater in China. The bowl-shaped depression is some 900 meters wide—more than eight times the length of a football field. In a paper published last ...
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