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June 6, 1980: The asteroid impact theory
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June 6, 1980: The asteroid impact theory

“Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction,” by physicist Luis Alvarez, geologist Walter Alvarez, Frank Asaro, and Helen Michel, was published in Science June 6, 1980. In it, the authors propose that an asteroid crashing to Earth was responsible for the death of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. (The timeline was later amended to 66 Continue reading "June 6, 1980: The asteroid impact theory" The post June 6, 1980: The asteroid impact theory appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .

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