Australia: Six and a half million years ago, an asteroid hit the Yucatan region of Mexico. The dinosaurs on Earth were wiped out as a result of this asteroid impact that occurred during the Cretaceous period.
This crater is about 520 km in diameter. This structure may have been caused by an asteroid that hit the Earth billions of years ago. People may think that this is very easy to find, because such a large crater can be found very quickly. But that is not the case, such pits are very difficult to find.
Scientists say that many parts of this structure must have been hidden by the destruction of time since it happened billions of years ago. They may blend in with existing environments in ways that are almost undetectable.
Scientists estimate that this asteroid impact may have occurred when Australia was part of the supercontinent Gondwana. Today's South America, Africa, India, Arabia, Madagascar and Antarctica were formerly part of Gondwana. The crash may have happened billions of years ago.
Scientists estimate that 85 percent of species on Earth may have died out due to climate changes caused by the impact of this thunderbolt. This is long before the end of the dinosaurs.