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One of India's ancient geological features might have helped kill off the dinosaurs millions of years ago!
The Deccan Traps are a series of lava flows that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period, span…
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A second space rock hit Earth after the one that doomed the dinosaurs - a nail in the coffin of the mass extinction
After a space rock struck Earth 66 million years ago - killing the dinosaurs - another asteroid hit…
Aylin Woodward
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The space rock that doomed the dinosaurs was shrapnel from a comet that flew too close to the sun, a Harvard study suggests
The origin of the space rock that killed the dinosaurs has been a mystery. A new study suggests it …
Aylin Woodward
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Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.
Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the as…
Jenny McGrath
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2 'potentially hazardous' asteroids will streak by Earth this week, one as big as a mountain. You can watch it live.
On Thursday and Saturday, two different asteroids will hurtle past Earth at close range. You can wa…
Ellyn Lapointe
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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike
In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…
Ellyn Lapointe
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A mystery 300-mile wide formation lurking beneath Australia may be the largest asteroid impact crater on Earth
Scientists think the asteroid impact may have occurred roughly 450 million years ago, when 85 perce…
Marianne Guenot
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For the first time, an hour-by-hour timeline reveals what happened after the asteroid crash that killed the dinosaurs
According to a new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, global coo…
Aylin Woodward
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Werner Herzog's new film, 'Fireball,' explores the power and mystery of meteorites
Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer directed the film, which premiered Friday on Apple TV+. Herzog …
Susie Neilson
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs struck at a perfect angle to inflict maximum planetwide damage, a study found
The asteroid 66 million years ago that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs hit at a 60-degree an…
Aylin Woodward
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs acidified the ocean in a 'flash,' killing most marine life. The seas could see a similar problem a century from now.
Henehan's team found that the proportion of boron isotopes - a measurement that can serve as a prox…
Aylin Woodward
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs triggered a global disaster far worse than scientists previously thought
Scientists already knew that the impact - called the Chicxulub event - released an amount of energy…
Dave Mosher
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Scientists pinpointed the oldest meteor crater ever found. When the space rock struck Australia 2.2 billion years ago, it ended a global ice age.
"Often times it seems that the impact has to hit the Earth in a spot that is fairly unique for it t…
Aylin Woodward
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A whopping 2.5 billion fully grown T. rexes walked the Earth in the course of the species' existence, paleontologists found
A study estimates how many adult T. rexes could live in a given area. That enabled researchers to c…
Aylin Woodward
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs triggered devastating underwater eruptions - which changes how we understand their extinction
There were at least three nearly simultaneous events involved in the global catastrophe that ended …
Kevin Loria
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An asteroid as big as the San Francisco bridge is set to whizz past Earth after Valentine’s Day
Within hours of Valentines Day coming to a close, Asteroid 2020 PZ39 is going to whizz past Earth.
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NASA's 'Lucy' is going to travel 4 billion miles to explore seven Trojan asteroids — and an asteroid Moon
While conducting reconnaissance on their first target — Eurybates — the team was surprised to …
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The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs might not have killed them all if it hit somewhere else
In the new study, the authors write that the cooling event was only so severe because the asteroid …
Kevin Loria
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This is how big an asteroid would need to be to wipe out New York City
An asteroid doesn't need to be massive to cause serious damage. The Chicxulub asteroid that wiped o…
Alex Kuzoian
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This is how big an asteroid would need to be to wipe out New York City
An asteroid doesn't need to be massive to cause serious damage. The Chicxulub asteroid that wiped o…