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Evidence of dinosaur-killing asteroid impact found on the moon
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Earth Asteroid Impacts Mirrored on Moon – Including the Dinosaur Killer Curtain University, SciTechDaily, September 29, 2022 Evidence of dinosaur-killing asteroid impact found on the moon By Robert Lea, spaceCom, September 29, 2022 The open accesss paper is: Tao Long, Yuqi Qian, Marc D. Norman, Katarina Miljkovic, Carolyn Crow, James W. Head, Xiaochao Che, Romain Tartèse, Nicolle Zellner, Xuefeng Yu, Shiwen Xie, Martin Whitehouse, Katherine H. Joy, Clive R. Neal, Joshua F. Snape, Guisheng Zhou, Shoujie Liu, Chun Yang, Zhiqing Yang, Chen Wang, Long Xiao, Dunyi Liu and Alexander Nemchin, 2022. Constraining the formation and transport of lunar impact glasses using the ages and chemical compositions of Chang’e-5 glass beads. Science Advances. 8 (39). Related articles China’s Chang’e-5 Samples Reveal Key Age of Moon Rocks – First Fresh Lunar Samples in More Than 40 Years Washington University In St. Louis, October 9, 2019 Yours, Paul H. -
A meteorite exploded in the air above Antarctica 430,000 years ago By Katie Hunt, CNN, March 31, 2021 Major Meteoritic Event Occurred over Antarctica 430,000 Years Ago Researchers have found meteoritic spherules on top of Walnumfjellet in the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica. News Staff, Sci News, April 1, 2021 Fiery 'airburst' of superheated gas slammed into Antarctica 430,000 years ago. Nicoletta Lanese, Live Science, March 31, 2021 The paper is: Van Ginneken, M., Goderis, S., Artemieva, n., et al., 2021, A large meteoritic event over Antarctica ca. 430 ka ago inferred from chondritic spherules from the Sør Rondane Mountains. Science Advances. Vol. 7, no. 14, eabc1008, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc1008 Yours, Paul H.
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