Scientists identify the rare meteorite that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago

Scientists have identified the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago as a rare CO chondrite from a distant region of the solar system. Per ScienceDaily, its unusual chemistry suggests that planet-cooling dust and debris—rather than sulfur within the asteroid itself—may have delivered the extinction's deadliest blow.

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