Well this is interesting

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No, they do not.

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Oops! I forgot they changed it!
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D'oh!2

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ETA
… It’s not just the impact details that matter. According to study co-lead author Chris Kirkland, analyzing the nature of the first known Archean meteorite event can help researchers gain better insight into both continental evolution and the history of life’s development on Earth.

“It… radically refines our understanding of crust formation,” he argued. “The tremendous amount of energy from this impact could have played a role in shaping early Earth’s crust by pushing one part of the Earth’s crust under another, or by forcing magma to rise from deep within the Earth’s mantle toward the surface.” There’s even a chance the impact event eventually contributed to forming the giant precursors to continents known as cratons.

The study’s authors believe this meteorite alone may have played an important role in Earth’s geologic history, but it’s almost certainly not the only one.

“Uncovering this impact and finding more from the same time period could explain a lot about how life may have got started, as impact craters created environments friendly to microbial life such as hot water pools,” said Kirkland.

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Ah, we’re all aliens!

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Well, yeah, sorta…

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:musical_note:We are Stardust :sparkles: :sparkles: :sparkles:
we are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves
back to The Garden :notes:

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They are common in the original prairies in the Midwest/Plains states in the U.S. as well.

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Dr. Fatima livestreaming on Einstein right now…

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But does it make a good dessert topping?

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Ah yeah, I remember that from 3 years ago.

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Yeah, showin solidarity for striking teachers…

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Sounds pretty cool. I wonder if it could work?

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But where are the clowns
Send in the clowns
Don’t bother, they’re here

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