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  2. Live Science
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    A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock …

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    How a giant, ancient meteorite impact helped fledgling life on …

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    What happened when giant S2 meteor hit Earth 3 billion years ago ...

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    Did a meteor hit Earth 326 billion years ago?
    Barberton Greenstone belt of South Africa. Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion years ago, and even today, it’s revealing secrets about Earth’s past.

    What happened when giant S2 meteor hit Earth 3 billion years ago

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    Did a giant meteor cause dinosaur extinction?
    A giant meteor that struck the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago is the leading explanation for the demise of the dinosaurs. Only 13 percent of Earth’s surface is made up of rocks that could have caused such a huge extinction event, a new paper argues.

    Dino-Killing Asteroid Hit Just the Right Spot to Trigger Extinction

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    Did meteorite impact 66 million years ago kill dinosaurs?
    This shift toward iron-favoring bacteria, however short-lived, is a key puzzle piece depicting early life on Earth. According to Drabon’s study, meteorite impact events — while reputed to kill everything in their wake (including, 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs) — carried a silver lining for life.

    What happened when giant S2 meteor hit Earth 3 billion years ago

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    Could a giant asteroid hit Earth in 14 years?
    Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the Earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city but devastate a whole region.

    Asteroid headed toward Earth? NASA simulation explores how the nation

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    Did an asteroid Wallop Earth 66 million years ago?
    Of all the places in the world an asteroid could have walloped ancient Earth, the Yucatán Peninsula was possibly the worst. That’s the premise of a new study examining what happened 66 million years ago, after a 7.5-mile-wide asteroid crashed into the ocean near what’s now the port town of Chicxulub, Mexico.

    Dino-Killing Asteroid Hit Just the Right Spot to Trigger Extinction

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    Could asteroid 99942 impact Earth in 2068?
    The near-Earth object was thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068, but now radar observations have ruled that out. After its discovery in 2004, asteroid 99942 Apophis had been identified as one of the most hazardous asteroids that could impact Earth.

    NASA Analysis: Earth Is Safe From Asteroid Apophis for 100-Plus Years

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    What Happened the Day a Giant, Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit the …

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    New theory behind Chicxulub impactor that killed the …

    Feb 15, 2021 · The Chicxulub impactor, as it’s known, was a plummeting asteroid or comet that left behind a crater off the coast of Mexico that spans 93 miles and goes 12 miles deep. Its devastating impact brought the reign of the …

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  11. NPR
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    Asteroid headed toward Earth? NASA simulation …

    Jun 21, 2024 · Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the Earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city but devastate a whole...

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    NASA Analysis: Earth Is Safe From Asteroid Apophis for 100-Plus …

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  13. NASA
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    NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …