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Asteroid That Triggered Dinosaur Extinction Was a Carbon-Rich C-Type Space Rock, Study Finds
Recent research has provided new insights into the asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago, causing a mass extinction event that led to the end of the dinosaurs. Scientists have now identified this impactor as a carbon-rich "C-type" asteroid, a type of space rock that likely originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Apart From Chicxulub, Another Asteroid Might Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction
A mysterious asteroid impact crater have been spotted on the seafloor which is believed to have formed at the same time when dinosaurs were wiped out from the planet. This could mean that not one, but two asteroid impacts were behind the extinction of dinosaurs.
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Scientists Discover Undersea Crater Created When Dinosaurs Disappeared
The researchers have named the other crater as Nadir. It is more than 300 metres below the seabed, some 400 km off the coast of Guinea.
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Researchers Locate Possible Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
The researchers also say that the processes that deliver large asteroids to Earth from that region occur at least 10 times more frequently than previously thought
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Comet From Edge Of Solar System Killed Dinosaurs: Study
Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs.
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Asteroid That Triggered Dinosaur Extinction Was a Carbon-Rich C-Type Space Rock, Study Finds
Recent research has provided new insights into the asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago, causing a mass extinction event that led to the end of the dinosaurs. Scientists have now identified this impactor as a carbon-rich "C-type" asteroid, a type of space rock that likely originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Apart From Chicxulub, Another Asteroid Might Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction
A mysterious asteroid impact crater have been spotted on the seafloor which is believed to have formed at the same time when dinosaurs were wiped out from the planet. This could mean that not one, but two asteroid impacts were behind the extinction of dinosaurs.
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Scientists Discover Undersea Crater Created When Dinosaurs Disappeared
The researchers have named the other crater as Nadir. It is more than 300 metres below the seabed, some 400 km off the coast of Guinea.
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Researchers Locate Possible Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
The researchers also say that the processes that deliver large asteroids to Earth from that region occur at least 10 times more frequently than previously thought
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Comet From Edge Of Solar System Killed Dinosaurs: Study
Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs.
