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A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish

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An ancient meteorite may have struck Earth 3.3 billion years ago .

The meteorite, designated S2 , is about 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing impactor named Chicxulub .

S2 hit Earth when only simple, single-celled life existed on our planet.

The team theorizes that the iron-consuming bacteria would have initially prospered after the impact of S2 .

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