06 November 2012, researchers in Japan claim they have found traces of a massive meteorite impact.  The impact took place in Canada more than 215 million years ago!

Researchers from Kagoshima University are investigating soil from the bed of the Kiso River in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. They found unusually huge amounts of metal from the platinum group.  Meteorites contain a lot of metals from the platinum family.

They believe the metal came from a massive impact 215 million years ago in Quebec Province, Canada.