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Hadean era
Coverage of Hadean era in the Nexus archive.
- Asteroid bombardment may have delayed Earth’s first continents
Research from Curtin University and Queensland University of Technology suggests repeated asteroid impacts during Earth's Hadean era injected heat into the planet's interior, keeping the crust hot and unstable. This delayed the formation of stable continents by preventing the crust from solidifying, according to a study published in Science.