A massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami

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A long running scientific dispute about the origin of the Silverpit Crater beneath the southern North Sea has now been settled.

New research shows that the structure formed when an asteroid or comet struck the region roughly 43 to 46 million years ago.

The investigation was led by Dr. Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The team combined seismic imaging, microscopic a...

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