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Dinosaur-killing space rock may have originated at the edge of the solar system

Researchers make impact with study of what killed dinosaurs

How did dinosaurs become extinct? By Jupiter acting like a pinball machine, new theory by Harvard researchers suggests

How did dinosaurs become extinct? By Jupiter acting like a pinball machine, new theory by Harvard researchers suggests Updated Feb 18, 2021; Posted Feb 18, 2021 FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, one of two dueling dinosaurs fossils is displayed in New York. In an ongoing court case over the ownership of the fossils and others worth millions of dollars, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had previously ruled on June 17, 2020, that fossils unearthed on an eastern Montana ranch belong to the owners of the surface estate. Now a museum in Raleigh, N.C. has the fossil in its possession to unlock its secrets. (AP Photo/Seth Weinig, File)AP

Dinosaurs May Have Been Killed Off by a Comet, Not an Asteroid: Study

Scientists have long believed that an asteroid caused the Chicxulub impact event, but researchers Avi Loeb and Amir Siraj suggest that a large piece of a long-period comet could have instead been the impactor. A comet is a piece of space debris that is composed mostly of frozen gas, while an asteroid is a piece of rock. Asteroids are usually found in the Asteroid Belt, which is a group of asteroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, according to CNN. Comets are generally found further out in the solar system, past Jupiter s orbit and at farther distances from the sun, according to

Why some scientists think a comet, not an asteroid, caused the dinosaurs to go extinct

Why some scientists think a comet, not an asteroid, caused the dinosaurs to go extinct
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