A massive crater in Greenland is millions of years older than previously thought, according to new research published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Science Advances. The crater, which is big enough to swallow Washington, D.C., was first discovered in 2015 and presumed to have formed 13,000 years ago. The new research, however, suggests the crater was created 58 million years ago when a meteorite hit Earth. The impact had the force of 1 million atomic bombs and slammed into a Greenland that was covered by temperate rainforest and not the ice and snow that blanket the world's largest island today. The research was conducted by the Statens Naturhistorisk Museum and Globe Institute at the University of Copenhagen and the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. An analysis of sand grains and stones from the Hiawatha crater helped scientists determine the actual age of the crater. 🔗: To learn more about the crater, click the link in our bio. #Science