A meteorite crater has been discovered in Western Australia, and luckily it’s not from a recent impact. The crater was formed 100 million years ago but only discovered recently when a company was drilling for gold in the outback. The three-mile crater is located near the Goldfields mining town of Ora Banda and is considered to be one of the largest meteorite craters anywhere in the world.
The Wolf Creek crater in the Kimberley in Western Australia. It is five times smaller than the newly-discovered crater in Ora Banda. Photo: Matt Deakin/Shutterstock