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A hidden asteroid crater under Oklahoma could be connected to one of Earth's major mass extinctions
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Asteroid Impact
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Small asteroid impact today over the ocean near Australia
Asteroid 2026 RW1 has impacted the Indian Ocean near Australia, marking only the 13th time an asteroid was detected before hitting Earth.
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The asteroid that ended the dinosaur age struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula about 66 million years ago, and the sulphur-rich rocks beneath it helped turn a roughly 10-kilometre object into a global climate disaster
Recent scientific coverage revisits the dinosaur extinction event, highlighting new details about the asteroid impact.
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Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused firestorms 17 times hotter than the thermal limit lethal to humans
New research indicates the Chicxulub asteroid impact triggered global firestorms far exceeding human thermal lethality limits.
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Giant, 3.5 billion-year-old impact turned the moon's surface molten, rare lunar meteorite reveals
A rare lunar meteorite provides evidence of a massive asteroid impact 3.5 billion years ago that caused widespread melting on the Moon's surface.