University of Texas: Asteroid Dust Found in Crater Closes Case of Dinosaur Extinction
February 25, 2021
February 25, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 25 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2021:
Researchers believe they have closed the case of what killed the dinosaurs, definitively linking their extinction with an asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago by finding a key piece of evidence: asteroid dust inside the impact crater.
Death by asteroid rather than by a series of volcanic eruptions or some other global calamity has been the lead . . .
Researchers believe they have closed the case of what killed the dinosaurs, definitively linking their extinction with an asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago by finding a key piece of evidence: asteroid dust inside the impact crater.
Death by asteroid rather than by a series of volcanic eruptions or some other global calamity has been the lead . . .