Scientists believe they now know where the dinosaur-killing asteroid came from

by worldvoyageuron 8/15/24, 8:11 PMwith 1 comments
by worldvoyageuron 8/15/24, 8:14 PM

From the abstract of the paper the article is based on:

" Our data indicate that the Chicxulub impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid, which had formed beyond the orbit of Jupiter. The five other impact structures have isotopic signatures that are more consistent with siliceous-type asteroids, which formed closer to the Sun. The ancient spherule layer samples are consistent with impacts of carbonaceous-type asteroids during Earth’s final stages of accretion. "

The link to the paper itself: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4868