The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms.
But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet.
One up to 200 times bigger landed 3.26 billion years ago, triggering worldwide destruction at an even greater scale.
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