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New research says rare meteorite struck Mexico and dust, not sulfur, drove dinosaur die-off
Scientists are still reconstructing the event from tiny chemical traces.
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The dinosaur-killing asteroid was a rare space rock
Scientists have identified the Chicxulub impactor as a rare CO chondrite, a type of carbonaceous meteorite, in research ...
Artist’s reconstruction of Chicxulub Crater soon after impact, 66 million years ago. Image via Detlev Van Ravenswaay/ Science Source/ Science. After the colossal impact that created the Chicxulub ...
Scientists are narrowing down the type of space rock that caused the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, and ...
The Chicxulub impact structure in Mexico is widely believed to be the site of the asteroid impact that allegedly killed the dinosaurs. As Sergio de Régules reports, scientists are now preparing to ...
Off the coast of Mexico, the Chicxulub crater is all that remains of a defining moment in Earth's history. The hole spans 93 miles wide and bores 12 miles deep into the Earth. It was left by an ...
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