From TFA: "However, Professor Qing-Bin Lu from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, told The Independent that research shows this new hole has been op

From TFA: "However, Professor Qing-Bin Lu from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, told The Independent that research shows this new hole has been open for more than 30 years." Apparently the only thing new about the hole is our knowledge of it.