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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Comet or Asteroid - What Killed the Dinosaurs and Where Did It Come From?
February 16, 2021
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 16 (TNSJou) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2021:

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 sud . . .

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