Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape of life on Earth forever? It is widely agreed that such an object -- 10 kilometers across -- struck just off the coast of the ...
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A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago At the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million years ago, an ...
An asteroid about the size of a refrigerator was spotted hours before it hit Earth’s atmosphere earlier this month. If you’ve seen Netflix’s hit film, Don’t Look Up, or have ever heard ...