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Illustration of dinosaurs with meteorite

A second asteroid may have struck Earth when the dinosaurs died out

17 August 2022

A possible impact crater under the sea off West Africa might have been made by a smaller piece that broke off the asteroid that wiped out most dinosaurs
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

24 May 2018

The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago caused dramatic climate change, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the coming centuries

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