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Dinosaurs Would Have Survived If Asteroid Hit Earth Elsewhere, Scientists Claim
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This is an excerpt from a Washington Post article. Click here to read the full article. When the cosmos shoots pool, it plays for keeps. It sank a six-mile-wide rock in…

Chicxulub ‘dinosaur crater’ investigation begins in earnest
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This article was written by Jonathan Amos for BBC News. Read the original article, here. Scientists have obtained remarkable new insights into the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.…

Chicxulub ‘dinosaur’ crater drill project declared a success
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Inspecting core samples (sedimentary & impact breccia – which is a hybrid, including granite). The project’s two lead scientists, Professor Joanna Morgan from Imperial College London and Dr Sean Gulick…

The Chicxulub crater drilling: On the road with Asteroid Day photographer Max Alexander
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Our Photographer-in-residence, Max Alexander heads to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico to cover the drilling of the Chicxulub crater exclusively for Asteroid Day. Follow Max’s journey right here on our blog. We will post…

Interview with Gerrit Kernbauer: Observing an impact on Jupiter
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to Gerrit Kernbauer, the Austrian-born amateur astronomer who observed an impact on Jupiter a few days ago. Here it is. Enjoy! (You can…

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