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Dinosaurs were killed off by a COMET that pinballed off Jupiter 66million years ago, scietnists claim

Dinosaurs were killed off by a COMET that pinballed off Jupiter 66million years ago, scietnists claim
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A Comet May Have Been To Blame For The Dino-Killing Impact, Not An Asteroid

Dinosaurs were wiped out by a COMET that pinballed off Jupiter

Comet or asteroid: What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from?

Credit: Credit not required. This is a public domain image. It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor, as it s known, left behind a crater off the coast of Mexico that spans 93 miles and runs 12 miles deep. Its devastating impact brought the reign of the dinosaurs to an abrupt and calamitous end by triggering their sudden mass extinction, along with the end of almost three-quarters of the plant and animal species living on Earth. The enduring puzzle: Where did the asteroid or comet originate, and how did it come to strike Earth? Now, a pair of researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian believe they have the answer.

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