the centrepoint and the rim. According to Gulick,
we can also see structures like this on the Moon, on
Mercury and Mars, “but we haven’t gone and gotten
those rocks,” he says.
At Chicxulub, on the other hand, the scientists
have drilled right into the peak ring. “It’s the only
well-preserved large impact on Earth, so we can test
the fundamental ways that impact cratering affects a PHOTO: GETTY“It’s the only well-preserved large
impact on Earth, so we can test
the fundamental ways that impact
cratering affects a planet”
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