The study also found that major impact events on Earth were not stand-alone events, but were accompanied by a series of smaller impacts, shedding new light on asteroid dynamics in the inner solar
The Asteroid Impact Theory. 70 million years ago, dinosaurs walked, crawled, and flew all over the Earth, but sometime between 65 and 66 million years ago, all non-flying dinosaurs suddenly went
DC Agle. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011. agle@jpl.nasa.gov. Dwayne Brown. 202-358-1726. dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov. 2014-397. A new map from NASA's Near Earth Object Program reveals that small asteroids frequently enter and disintegrate in Earth's atmosphere with random distribution around the globe.
The impact of a near-Earth object 66 million years ago in what is today the Caribbean region, as depicted in an artist's conception. Many scientists believe that the collision of a large asteroid or comet nucleus with Earth triggered the mass extinction of the dinosaurs and many other species near the end of the Cretaceous Period. (more)
Such an impact between Earth and a Mars-sized object likely formed the Moon. The giant-impact hypothesis, sometimes called the Big Splash, or the Theia Impact, is an astrogeology hypothesis for the formation of the Moon first proposed in 1946 by Canadian geologist Reginald Daly. The hypothesis suggests that the Early Earth collided with a Mars
These impact zones show where scientists have found meteorites, or the impact craters of meteorites, some dating back as far as the year 2,300BC. The data is from the Meteocritical Society and
The Alvarez hypothesis posits that the mass extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and many other living things during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event was caused by the impact of a large asteroid on the Earth. Prior to 2013, it was commonly cited as having happened about 65 million years ago, but Renne and colleagues (2013) gave an
A trial of how government, NASA and local officials would deal with a space rock headed toward Earth revealed gaps in the plans. On August 16, 2022 an approximately 70-meter asteroid entered Earth
Meltglass on tiny pieces of bone. (Moore et al., Science Open: Airbursts and Cratering Impacts, 2023) One substance, tiny spherules called meltglass, makes up about 1.6 percent of the sediment and was discovered on tools, bones, and clay walls, suggesting the impact really disrupted life in the village. Pieces of meltglass even have detailed
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