When Earth Was Bombarded by Asteroids | NOVA | PBS

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What studying the surface of the Moon revealed about Earth’s apocalyptic youth.

Four and a half billion years ago, Earth was battered by relentless asteroid impacts powerful enough to vaporize oceans and melt its crust. Despite the chaos, life emerged anyway.

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