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New theory on where space rock that killed the dinosaurs actually came from – Yahoo News Australia
Around 66 million years ago a hurtling object tens of miles wide smashed into our planet, wiping out three-quarters of plant and animal species on Earth.
Where did the comet or asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs come from? (Harvard University)
Around 66 million years ago a hurtling object tens of miles wide smashed into our planet, wiping out three-quarters of plant and animal species on Earth (including the dinosaurs).
But while the traces of the impact are still here, including a crater off the coast of Mexico that’s 93 miles wide and 12 miles deep, one mystery has remained: where the object came from.
A new research paper by Avi Loeb and Amir…
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