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A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...
Astronomers can usually spot "planet killer" asteroids long before they approach Earth. But what if they can't?
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A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...
Have you heard about Asteroid Apophis? It's like the rockstar of space—cool name, big impact! This bad boy has been causing a ...
New research suggests that dinosaur populations were thriving in North America before the asteroid impact 66 million years ...
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Fossils from New Mexico change how we look at dinosaur history.
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