Researchers Narrow Down the Type of Meteorite that Killed the Dinosaurs
Researchers say the Chicxulub asteroid was a rare CO chondrite with about half the sulfur of earlier estimates, shifting blame toward impact dust.
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Researchers Narrow Down the Type of Meteorite that Killed the Dinosaurs
An international team of Earth scientists has narrowed down the class of impactor that caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. According to their findings, it was a rare type of rock that originated in the outer Solar System.
Not content with being struck by an object from the other end of the Solar System, the dinosaurs had the bad luck of crossing the road of a meteorite that was very unlikely to exist in this form. A very bad Stock for them, but a divine surprise for the few mammals from which we descend, who were later able to take the evolutionary elevator.
Scientists identify the rare “oddball” space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs
Scientists have uncovered new clues about the giant space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago and triggered one of the biggest extinction events in the planet’s history. Their new findings suggest that the object was not an ordinary asteroid, but an extremely rare type of meteorite that is seldom found on Earth […] The post Scientists identify the rare “oddball” space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs appeared first on Knowridge Sc…
Researchers Identify Class Of Oddball Meteorite That Killed Earth's Dinosaurs
A rare CO chondrite meteorite was the probable impactor that struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out 75 per cent of Earth’s species, including non-avian […] The post Researchers Identify Class Of Oddball Meteorite That Killed Earth’s Dinosaurs appeared first on Astrobiology.
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