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Explaining how young asteroids 2019 PR2 and 2019 QR6 are, astronomer Petr Fatka said 300 years is like "this morning—not even yesterday—in astronomical timescales."

Editor's Note

Hey, Steven Spielberg, Why Not Put Some Of Your Big Bucks Where Your Blockbuster Is This Summer? By Dan Huff ROUGHLY 65 MILLION years ago, a fairly large comet or asteroid slammed into the earth near what is now Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. Judging by the geological evidence scientists have unearthed all over the world, the horrendous impact triggered a massive die-off of plant and animal life. Some theorize this event may have hurried the dinosaurs to extinction, thus allowing some otherwise un...