August 31, 2009
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Mass extinction often refers to the theory that an asteroid, or a series of impacts, was responsible for the near extinction of all of the dinosaurs. It is known by several different names such as the D-T asteroid theory and the [...]
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August 6, 2009
The asteroid extinction theory is also known as the K-T asteroid theory and, occasionally, the Alvarez Asteroid Impact Theory. All of these theories vary slightly, but they all center around an impressive event that suddenly destroyed most of the life on Earth around 65 million years ago. The asteroid extinction theory holds that many of [...]
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