Jan 22, 2019
Asteroid Impacts Increased Around Time of Largest Extinction Event
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks
Dinosaurs never stood a chance once asteroid impacts more than doubled some 290 million years ago.
By studying the Moon, an international team of scientists revealed that the number of asteroids crashing into Earth and its satellite increased by two to three times toward the end of the Paleozoic era.
Contrary to popular belief, most of the planet’s more primitive asteroid-produced craters were not erased by erosion and other geologic processes.
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