A meteor up to 200 times bigger than the the one that killed the dinosaurs landed 3.26 billion years ago, triggering worldwide destruction at an even greater scale.

Evidence from ancient rocks in South Africa's Barberton Greenstone Belt reveals that despite the initial devastation, life rebounded rapidly and even thrived in the aftermath.

The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms. But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet.

It was 200 times bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs nearly three billion years later.

An ancient meteorite four times the size of Mount Everest may have caused life on Earth, a study has found. The meteor struck Earth 3.6 billion years ago.

WASHINGTON : The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms. But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet.One up to 200 times bigger landed 3.26 billion years a