#chicxulub — Public Fediverse posts

☄️ NEW: About 66 mil. years ago a #space #rock struck near #Mexico’s #Yucatán Peninsula, leaving a thin global clay layer as its only trace.

High-precision #nickel #isotope measurements identify the impactor as a #CO #chondrite, an unusually rare carbonaceous #meteorite. Its low #sulfur content suggests airborne fine debris, not sulfur, may have caused the #extinction.

👉 https://scitechdaily.com/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-was-stranger-than-we-thought/

#dinosaurs #asteroid #chicxulub #paleontology #geology #science #fossils #cretaceous #solarsystem #research

☄️ NEW: About 66 mil. years ago a #space #rock struck near #Mexico’s #Yucatán Peninsula, leaving a thin global clay layer as its only trace.

High-precision #nickel #isotope measurements identify the impactor as a #CO #chondrite, an unusually rare carbonaceous #meteorite. Its low #sulfur content suggests airborne fine debris, not sulfur, may have caused the #extinction.

👉 https://scitechdaily.com/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-was-stranger-than-we-thought/

#dinosaurs #asteroid #chicxulub #paleontology #geology #science #fossils #cretaceous #solarsystem #research

☄️ NEW: About 66 mil. years ago a #space #rock struck near #Mexico’s #Yucatán Peninsula, leaving a thin global clay layer as its only trace.

High-precision #nickel #isotope measurements identify the impactor as a #CO #chondrite, an unusually rare carbonaceous #meteorite. Its low #sulfur content suggests airborne fine debris, not sulfur, may have caused the #extinction.

👉 https://scitechdaily.com/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-was-stranger-than-we-thought/

#dinosaurs #asteroid #chicxulub #paleontology #geology #science #fossils #cretaceous #solarsystem #research

☄️ NEW: About 66 mil. years ago a #space #rock struck near #Mexico’s #Yucatán Peninsula, leaving a thin global clay layer as its only trace.

High-precision #nickel #isotope measurements identify the impactor as a #CO #chondrite, an unusually rare carbonaceous #meteorite. Its low #sulfur content suggests airborne fine debris, not sulfur, may have caused the #extinction.

👉 https://scitechdaily.com/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-was-stranger-than-we-thought/

#dinosaurs #asteroid #chicxulub #paleontology #geology #science #fossils #cretaceous #solarsystem #research

☄️ NEW: About 66 mil. years ago a #space #rock struck near #Mexico’s #Yucatán Peninsula, leaving a thin global clay layer as its only trace.

High-precision #nickel #isotope measurements identify the impactor as a #CO #chondrite, an unusually rare carbonaceous #meteorite. Its low #sulfur content suggests airborne fine debris, not sulfur, may have caused the #extinction.

👉 https://scitechdaily.com/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-was-stranger-than-we-thought/

#dinosaurs #asteroid #chicxulub #paleontology #geology #science #fossils #cretaceous #solarsystem #research

Heat-trapping #asteroid dust may have incinerated the #dinosaurs within hours
Global radiation pulse may have ignited vegetation and killed exposed animals
When the asteroid hit, it vaporized, creating the 200km-wide #Chicxulub crater underneath the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the vapor cooled in the atmosphere and condensed into droplets of molten rock that rained down with the force of a bullet, generating a lot of heat. The rest became fine dust.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/asteroid-dust-incinerated-dinosaurs
https://archive.ph/R4kKw

Heat-trapping #asteroid dust may have incinerated the #dinosaurs within hours
Global radiation pulse may have ignited vegetation and killed exposed animals
When the asteroid hit, it vaporized, creating the 200km-wide #Chicxulub crater underneath the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the vapor cooled in the atmosphere and condensed into droplets of molten rock that rained down with the force of a bullet, generating a lot of heat. The rest became fine dust.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/asteroid-dust-incinerated-dinosaurs
https://archive.ph/R4kKw

Heat-trapping #asteroid dust may have incinerated the #dinosaurs within hours
Global radiation pulse may have ignited vegetation and killed exposed animals
When the asteroid hit, it vaporized, creating the 200km-wide #Chicxulub crater underneath the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the vapor cooled in the atmosphere and condensed into droplets of molten rock that rained down with the force of a bullet, generating a lot of heat. The rest became fine dust.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/asteroid-dust-incinerated-dinosaurs
https://archive.ph/R4kKw

Heat-trapping #asteroid dust may have incinerated the #dinosaurs within hours
Global radiation pulse may have ignited vegetation and killed exposed animals
When the asteroid hit, it vaporized, creating the 200km-wide #Chicxulub crater underneath the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the vapor cooled in the atmosphere and condensed into droplets of molten rock that rained down with the force of a bullet, generating a lot of heat. The rest became fine dust.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/asteroid-dust-incinerated-dinosaurs
https://archive.ph/R4kKw

Heat-trapping #asteroid dust may have incinerated the #dinosaurs within hours
Global radiation pulse may have ignited vegetation and killed exposed animals
When the asteroid hit, it vaporized, creating the 200km-wide #Chicxulub crater underneath the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the vapor cooled in the atmosphere and condensed into droplets of molten rock that rained down with the force of a bullet, generating a lot of heat. The rest became fine dust.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/asteroid-dust-incinerated-dinosaurs
https://archive.ph/R4kKw