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Asteroid dust solves the mystery of what killed the dinosaurs • Earth.com – Earth.com
The discovery of asteroid dust at the impact site finally solves a long-standing debate about how the dinosaurs were wiped out
Experts at CU Boulder report that evidence found inside the Chicxulub impact crater has confirmed that an asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago. The discovery of asteroid dust at the impact site finally solves a long-standing debate about how the dinosaurs were wiped out, and shuts down the theory that the extinction event was caused by volcanic eruptions.
In the 1980s, scientists found asteroid dust in the geologic layer that marks the extinction of the dinosaurs. The findings indicated…
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