{
  "id": 1179978,
  "title": "In 2024, a Google Maps user found a giant meteorite crater scientists had missed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/in-2024-a-google-maps-user-found-a-giant-meteorite-crater-scientists",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-16T02:21:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/in-2024-a-google-maps-user-was-planning-a-trip-using-the-app-and-what-he-found-was-a-giant-meteorite-crater-that/articleshow/133269004.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe has unveiled a massive impact crater in Quebec known as the Uhackatik structure, formed by a meteorite 390 million years ago. Geologists have validated this discovery through the identification of shatter cones and melted rock, ensuring the event's authenticity. This find stands as one of the most significant meteorite craters discovered in recent history, with…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}