A Quebec amateur astronomer was scouting a campsite using satellite imagery in 2024 when he spotted a 25-kilometre ring around Lake Marsal, and geologists who reached it by floatplane the following year found shatter cones confirming a roughly 390-milli
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage exploded across 4 distinct news outlets with 5 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 3.
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"A Quebec amateur astronomer was scouting a campsite using satellite imagery in 2024 when he spotted a 25-kilometre ring around Lake Marsal, and geologists who reached it by floatplane the following year found shatter cones confirming a roughly 390-milli" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by Archynetys so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include inkorr.com, The Economic Times, ScienceDaily and Space Daily. Archynetys measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Quebec Province Yields Largest Meteorite Impact Crater Found in Five Yearsinkorr.com · 52d ago
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A satellite map revealed a mysterious giant circle that was hiding in Canada for 390 million years. One amThe Economic Times · 52d ago
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A strange circle on satellite maps turned out to be a 390-million-year-old impact craterScienceDaily · 52d ago
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A strange circle on satellite maps turned out to be a 390-million-year-old impact craterScienceDaily · 52d ago
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