An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, not a comet, new study finds
An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, not a comet, new study finds
Analysis of ruthenium isotopes showed the impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid.
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Why would we care if an asteroid destroyed a comet?
17 0 Replyslow clap
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I've never heard anyone refere to it as a comet before, it was always an asteroid.
15 0 ReplyI thought it was always an asteroid
11 0 ReplyYou're right! The article explains the comet idea is only a few years old, and new data confirms it's an asteroid, not a comet.
9 0 ReplyOk. I must have misunderstood the dinosaur documentary I watched when i was 10. About 30 years ago.
Nope. I just didn't read.
international team of scientists have reaffirmed the original hypothesis,
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Did you all know that there have been 5 mass extinction events till today?
6 0 ReplySixth one is happening now.
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I mean... The thing is still there, ain't it? Who the fuck thought it was a comet?
5 0 ReplyWhat’s the difference?
2 0 ReplyI think comets have predictable paths for long periods of time so they show up again and again, like Haley’s comet
1 0 ReplyAh, and asteroids are just kinda out there floating around without orbiting any specific thing?
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