Small Fragment News Today

Amongst the fossils. theyre remnants of molten rock hurled high into the sky by the impact. they fell back down to earth across thousands of miles as these tiny glass balls. inside one may be something even more remarkable — a small fragment of the asteroid itself. we were able to pull apart the chemistry and identify the composition of that material. all the evidence, all of the chemical data from that study, suggests strongly that were looking at a piece of the impactor, the asteroid, that e...

And you can see — i mean, this is really clear and obvious to see, isnt it? theres a definite line in the rock. absolutely clear. and above it, weve got these very typical coals that we find, - associated with this post—impact apocalyptic world, almost. - so, this — youre holding a snapshot of time. - in fact, youre holding i the last mass extinction event to occur on earth. but theres even stronger evidence of a connection to the impact. tanis is 2,000 miles away from where the asteroid h...