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Research Confirms: An Asteroid Impact Created Life-Friendly Conditions in the Lappajärvi Meteorite Crater

Researchers have, for the first time, successfully dated the emergence of microbial life in the Lappajärvi impact crater. The findings reveal that the asteroid impact created conditions favorable for microbial life within the crater. Samples were collected from drill cores stored in the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)’s geological sample archive. Geologist Satu Hietala from GTK was part of the research team at Linné University. This scientific breakthrough was published in Nature Communications.

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