Asteroid News:

Scientists reaffirm theory that giant asteroid killed dinosaurs (CNN)
A team of scientists has agreed that a giant asteroid killed off dinosaurs and a majority of other species on Earth more than 65 million years ago.


Dinosaur extinction followed asteroid impact 65 million years ago, panel says (Washington Post)
It's official: The extinction of the dinosaurs and a host of other species 65.5 million years ago was caused by a massive asteroid that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, creating worldwide havoc, according to an international team of researchers.


Asteroid Crash Caused Dinosaur Extinction, Scientists S... (KARK Little Rock)
A 45-member international team of scientists has concluded that a seven and a half mile-wide asteroid that slammed into the Gulf of Mexico 65-point-five million years ago caused the extinction of dinosaurs.


Researchers: Giant Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs (WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley)
An all-star panel of researchers says it was the crash of a giant asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs.


Scientists affirm asteroid killed dinosaurs (MalaysiaNews.net)
Scientists say a single asteroid about 6 miles in diameter slammed into the Gulf of Mexico Impact was "more powerful than all the atomic weapons on the planet going off all at once" Took pla...


Researchers: Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
WASHINGTON -- An all-star panel of researchers says it was the crash of a giant asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs. Think you've heard that before? You're right.


Official: Dinosaurs killed off by asteroid (Guardian Unlimited)
After studying 20 years of data, panel of 41 scientists rule out volcanic explosions as cause of dinosaurs' demise A mere 65 million years after the demise of the dinosaurs, a panel of the world's most eminent scientists have finally got to the bottom of the extinction. The creatures were wiped out by a large asteroid slamming into the Earth, they insist. After studying 20 years' worth of ...


It's official: Asteroid wiped out dinosaurs (Manila Bulletin)
This artist's conception shows an asteroid crashing into Earth in an event that scientists believe occurred in the Caribbean region about 65 million years ago causing the extinction of dinosaurs. (REUTERS) LONDON (Reuters) – A giant asteroid smashing into Earth is the only plausible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs, a global scientific team said on Thursday, hoping to settle a row ...


Asteroid Killed Off The Dinosaurs (SpaceDaily)
by Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 The Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction, which wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of species on Earth, was caused by an asteroid colliding with Earth and not massive volcanic activity, according to a comprehensive review of all the available evidence, published in the journal Science.


Experts Reaffirm Asteroid Impact Caused Mass Extinction (SpaceDaily)
by Staff Writers Austin TX (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 Responding to challenges to the hypothesis that an asteroid impact caused a mass extinction on Earth 65 million years, a panel of 41 scientists re-analyzed data and provided new evidence, concluding that an impact in Mexico was indeed the cause of the mass extinction.








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