A meteor may have exploded over Antarctica 430,000 years ago
A similar impact today in a populated area would be devastating
![illustration of an asteroid hitting Antarctica](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/033021_SP_airburst_feat.png?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A small space rock (illustrated) about 100 to 150 meters across shattered as it blazed through the atmosphere over Antarctica about 430,000 years ago, a new study suggests.
Mark A. Garlick / markgarlick.com