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A comet, not an asteroid, killed the dinosaurs, say astrophysicists

At Smithsonian Mag: Siraj and co-author Avi Loeb concluded from their analysis that Jupiter’s gravitational field was strong enough to bump many such long-period comets from the Oort cloud off course, bringing them very close to the Sun.

Posted on February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Author News Comments(5)
extinction Fine tuning Intelligent Design

Was the dinosaur destruction fine-tuned?

Okay but, seriously, if this data is correct, how would we know the extinction WASN’T fine-tuned?

Posted on July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Author News Comment(1)
extinction Intelligent Design

Dino death: Asteroid impact more likely than volcanoes, new study says

t Phjys.org: Now, a research team from Imperial College London, the University of Bristol and University College London has shown that only the asteroid impact could have created conditions that were unfavourable for dinosaurs across the globe.

Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Author News Comments(9)
extinction Intelligent Design

New evidence found for the asteroid that deep-sixed the dinosaurs

It’s certainly valuable new information. The outstanding puzzle has always been, why were all dinosaurs killed off but not all mammals or reptiles?

Posted on September 14, 2019September 14, 2019 Author News Comments(3)
Extraterrestrial life Intelligent Design

Origin of life thesis: Asteroid impacts scattered life-friendly chemicals

In which case, says an astrobiologist, the origin of life may be quite a bit easier than many of us envision.

Posted on December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 Author News Comments(4)
extinction Intelligent Design

Smithsonian: The asteroid strike was only one factor in dinosaur extinction

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and produced cataclysmic disruptions that, it is believed, killed off about 75% of species (the K/Pg extinction). But many researchers think there must have been other factors at work.

Posted on December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 Author News Comments(4)

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