Finding evidence for when Earth last suffered heavy meteorite strikes is difficult. New research shows it may have been longer ago than we thought, giving life an earlier foothold.

Earth; The Late Heavy Bombardment: A Violent Assault on Young Earth. References. By Nola Taylor Tillman published 29 April 2017 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Now imagine Earth gets pummeled at this rate for 200 million years. Such a thing likely occurred on Earth about 4 billion years ago. It is a period known as the Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB).

Each panel shows the modeled effects of early Earth’s bombardment. Circles show the regions affected by each impact, with diameters corresponding to the final size of craters for impactors ...

"These findings are significant because they indicate life could have begun well before the [Late Heavy Bombardment], during the so-called Hadean Eon of Earth's history 3.8 billion to 4.5 billion ...

Known as the "Late Heavy Bombardment," or LHB, this period of heightened meteorite activity would have had important implications for life on Earth, since it coincides roughly with the time that ...

The study suggests that the late heavy bombardment may have been more gradual and not nearly as intense. If you were to rewind time several billion years you’d find Earth to be, well, not quite ...

This period, aptly called the Late Heavy Bombardment, doesn’t seem very-life friendly. However, new research suggests that some areas of habitability might have persisted.

Rethinking the Late Heavy Bombardment The idea of a cataclysmic wave of asteroid impacts comes from moon rocks collected ...

When it comes to space rocks slamming into Earth, two stand out. There’s the one that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago (goodbye T-rex, ... What Late Heavy Bombardment Would Have Done to Earth ...

Astronomers typically call this period the Late Heavy Bombardment. But exactly when that fiery assault happened has been a matter of intense debate. The answer has big implications for the evolution ...