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3w ago

New Model Shows Chicxulub Dust Could Have Charbroiled Dinosaurs

Models published July 28 show a fine, planet‑wide post‑impact dust layer trapped heat that amplified surface radiation enough to kill unsheltered animals within hours.

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4w ago

New Analysis Finds Asteroid Belt’s Active Mass Shrinking by 0.0088% Per Million Years

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10mo ago

Australian 'Ananguites' Point to a Giant 11-Million-Year-Old Impact With No Known Crater

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11mo ago

New 'Ananguite' Tektite Field Identified in Australia From 11-Million-Year-Old Impact

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11mo ago

Study Ties Earth’s Early Crust Changes to Milky Way Spiral-Arm Passages

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last yr.

New Study Links 56,000-Year-Old Meteor Impact to Grand Canyon Landslide Dam

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last yr.

Scottish Meteorite Impact Re-Dated to 990 Million Years Ago

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last yr.

Study Reveals Mammals Transitioned to Ground-Based Living Before Dinosaur Extinction

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last yr.

Study Simulates Global Impact of Potential Asteroid Bennu Collision in 2182

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last yr.

Study Finds Massive Eocene Asteroid Impacts Had No Long-Term Climate Effects

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last yr.

Ancient Meteorite Impact Boosted Early Life on Earth

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last yr.

Ancient Asteroid Impact Catalyzed Early Life on Earth

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last yr.

Nuclear X-Rays Could Deflect Life-Threatening Asteroids, Study Shows

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last yr.

Study Suggests Earth Once Had Rings 466 Million Years Ago

Impact Events

New Model Shows Chicxulub Dust Could Have Charbroiled Dinosaurs

Study Identifies Chicxulub Impactor as Rare CO Carbonaceous Chondrite

Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of a 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Giant Moon Impact

How a 10-Kilometer Asteroid Erased the Dinosaurs

Meteorite Crashes Through Houston Home After Airburst Over City

T. Rex Likely Ran Toe-First, Study Finds, Raising Speed Estimates by About 20%

New Australian Glass Beads Reveal Asteroid Impact From 11 Million Years Ago

New Analysis Finds Asteroid Belt’s Active Mass Shrinking by 0.0088% Per Million Years

Australian 'Ananguites' Point to a Giant 11-Million-Year-Old Impact With No Known Crater

New 'Ananguite' Tektite Field Identified in Australia From 11-Million-Year-Old Impact

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Study Ties Earth’s Early Crust Changes to Milky Way Spiral-Arm Passages

New Study Links 56,000-Year-Old Meteor Impact to Grand Canyon Landslide Dam

Scottish Meteorite Impact Re-Dated to 990 Million Years Ago

Study Reveals Mammals Transitioned to Ground-Based Living Before Dinosaur Extinction

Study Simulates Global Impact of Potential Asteroid Bennu Collision in 2182

Study Finds Massive Eocene Asteroid Impacts Had No Long-Term Climate Effects

Ancient Meteorite Impact Boosted Early Life on Earth

Ancient Asteroid Impact Catalyzed Early Life on Earth

Nuclear X-Rays Could Deflect Life-Threatening Asteroids, Study Shows

Study Suggests Earth Once Had Rings 466 Million Years Ago

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