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Widespread Impact-Induced Crustal Permeability on the Early Earth: #Impact history of early Earth created conditions conducive to life: https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/impact-history-of-early-earth-created-conditions-conducive-life

The spectral detection of the rocket stage #impact plume by the VLT (of which still no direct image has been released by anyone it seems) is mirrored by observations with Lowell's Discovery Telescope: https://www.leonarddavid.com/moon-impact-of-rocket-stage-observed/ - they "measured a response from the rocket stage impact as a sodium and lithium gas plume a few 10’s of kilometers in size lasting between 5 and 10 minutes after impact". EDIT: In https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-rocket-moon-collision/ the same scientist attributes these observations to the VLT instead but mentions a separate sodium detection in the U.S.; Lowell Obs. itself hasn't said anything yet.

Apparently an #impact crater candidate in Canada has been confirmed by field work: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/meteor-crater-quebec-discovery-390-million-years-old-9.7268583 - no paper available yet.

Incoming ... at 16:07 UTC a mini-asteroid of about 1 m diameter - "CERNQ52" - will #impact Earth between Indonesia and Western Australia: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1604292649632352/posts/28339083115726609 and https://groups.io/g/mpml/topic/121112686?msg=41990 and a map in https://bsky.app/profile/imometeors.bsky.social/post/3muu4l7etjs27

The already dead mini-asteroid is now called 2026 RW1: #impact. Consequently, the object is not being added to the list of past impactors at this stage. This decision may be revised if confirmation is received."