Scientists Trace Dinosaur-Extinction Asteroid to Outer Solar System
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 17, 2024
Geoscientists from the University of Cologne have led an international research team in pinpointing the origins of the asteroid responsible for the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs around 66 million years ago. By examining samples from the boundary layer between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods-a time that marked Earth's last major mass extinction-the researchers identified the