Two Killer Asteroids Might Have Hit Chicxulub Crater, Killed Dinosaurs

August 29, 2022 - Tiffany Winfrey

Researchers are looking into the possibility that another asteroid may have struck Earth at around the same time as the one that is thought to have wiped out almost all dinosaur life.

A smaller crater that was only recently found in the water is connected to the inquiry. According to researchers, a large asteroid may have formed the crater.

Long held theory among scientists is that a sizable asteroid struck Earth close to Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago. According to their calculations, the impact's force was equivalent to roughly 10 billion nuclear bombs.

 

Read full story at The Science Times.