After the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Wrecked the Planet, Life May Have Bounced Back Surprisingly Fast
Some 66 million years ago, life on Earth had a pretty bad day. The infamous Chicxulub asteroid slammed into the planet. The ...
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Life on Earth hit an evolutionary turbo boost after the dinosaur wipeout
Sixty-six million years ago, a 6 mile wide asteroid slammed into Earth and erased more than 75% of life on Earth in a geological instant. The catastrophe that ended the age of Tyrannosaurus and ...
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What Earth looked like in the years after the dinosaur-killing impact
When the asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, the immediate destruction was only the beginning. Firestorms, global ...
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Asteroid samples NASA brought to Earth suggest life's building blocks may be widespread in the universe
The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.
The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.
We know the main reason that the age of the dinosaurs came to an end: an asteroid impact on the Yucatán Peninsula some 66 million years ago. But how the dinosaurs’ reign began is far less clear—and ...
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