A millennia-old mystery might just have been solved. Almost 800,000 years ago, a two-kilometre-wide meteorite struck the Earth, flinging debris across Asia, Australia and Antarctica. Its exact location however, remained a mystery, until now perhaps. Earth scientists from NTU have found evidence that suggests the crash site is buried in the lava fields on the Bolaven Plateau in southern Laos. Studying the site of the impact is next in the pipeline, as it could paint a picture of what might happen to us if another similar event took place.

This story was published in the Jan-Feb 2020 issue of HEY!. To read it and other stories from this issue in print, click here.