The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was around ten kilometres wide and hit 66 million years ago, and a 2024 study of rare metals in the debris it left behind traced its birthplace to beyond Jupiter, in the outer solar system

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For decades, scientists knew what killed the dinosaurs—now rare metals in ancient debris reveal where the asteroid came from, and the answer rewrites our understanding of the solar system's violent past. The post The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was around ten kilometres wide and hit 66 million years ago, and a 2024 study of rare metals in the debris it left behind traced its birthplace to beyond Jupiter, in the outer solar system appeared first on Space Daily .