Planetary Bombardment Model (VIDEO)

Southwest Research Institute

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A Southwest Research Institute-led team updated planetary bombardment models to understand how large impacts, such as the one illustrated here, may have affected oxygen levels in the Earth’s atmosphere in the Archean eon, 2.5 to 4 billion years ago.

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SwRI/Simone Marchi

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