Dinosaur-killing asteroid was likely a giant mudball, study says
A study found the chemical identity of the asteroid that collided with what’s now the Yucatán Peninsula in Chicxulub, Mexico, 66 million years ago, triggering events that led to the demise of most dinosaurs. Mark Garlick Sixty-six million years ago, the story of life on Earth took a dramatic turn when an asteroid collided with … Read more
