The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was not alone

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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was not alone

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The huge asteroid that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not alone, scientists have confirmed.

A second, smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West Africa creating a large crater during the same era.

It would have been a “catastrophic event”, the scientists say, causing a tsunami at least 800m high to tear across the Atlantic ocean.

Dr Uisdean Nicholson from Heriot-Watt University first found the Nadir crater in 2022, but a cloud of uncertainty hung over how it was really formed.

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[jethrofloyd]

A poor dinosaurs. They were attacked from the two sides.  

[Piney]

On 10/5/2024 at 5:35 PM, Waspie_Dwarf said:

The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was not alone

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The same thing happened with the asteroid that helped end the Eocene.

The main impacts were Chesapeake Bay and probably Siberia and a smaller one hit off the coast of New Jersey that wasn't discovered until later.