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VUB Researchers Identify a Rare Class of 'Oddball' Meteorite That Caused the Extinction of the Dinosaurs
July 18, 2026
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 18 (TNSjou) -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release:

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VUB researchers identify a rare class of 'oddball' meteorite that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs

Earth scientists are getting ever closer to identifying the type of meteorite that caused the Cretaceous-Palaeogene mass extinction. New research shows that it was no ordinary space rock. An asteroid with a composition similar to that . . .

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