Asteroid Impact Confirmed Beneath North Sea, Resolving Long-Standing Scientific Debate

Researchers have confirmed the Silverpit Crater, 700 meters beneath the North Sea, was formed by a 160-meter-wide asteroid impact 43 to 46 million years ago. This ancient collision generated a tsunami over 100 meters high. Published in Nature Communications, the findings use advanced seismic imaging, microscopic rock analysis, and computer simulations, providing robust evidence to establish Silverpit as one of Earth's few verified impact craters and resolving a scientific debate over two decades old.