Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:13:34 +0200https://english.radio.cz/could-czech-basin-have-been-created-through-meteoritic-impact-8605452© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThis week the Czech newsmagazine Tyden reported on a theory that the so-called Czech basin, or massif, which makes up most of Bohemia, may have been created by a meteorite hitting the area around 2 billion years ago. The impact of the celestial object hitting the Earth would have been comparable to the force of many combined nuclear blasts. Generally, the Czech basin is thought to have been formed through plate tectonics, but now some scientists are considering a different possibility..encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/meteorit1.jpg?timestamp=1591400574 https://english.radio.cz/could-czech-basin-have-been-created-through-meteoritic-impact-8605452 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9