A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, scientists have discovered. The space rock, which was 200 times the size of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs,

When a meteorite with the mass of four Mount Everests hit Earth 3.2 billion years ago, it caused global chaos and provided an unexpected silver lining for life.

The huge chunk of space rock is estimated to have been up to 200 times larger than the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs and analysis suggests it triggered a tsunami that mixed up the ocean and flushed debris from the land into coastal areas.