Mass extinction

In the asteroid belt, collisions between big rocks can have big consequences, even here on Earth. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
466 million years ago, a huge asteroid impact helped life on Earth be fruitful and multiply
Phil Plait
Sep 24, 2019
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Pop-up bestiary book peers into the post-apocalypse
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Examining the real science behind Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Apr 20, 2018
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Did the dinosaur-killer asteroid have an accomplice? Evidence is… mounting.
Phil Plait
Feb 12, 2018
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I couldn’t find a good picture of an asteroid, a dinosaur, and a volcano, so please instead enjoy this photo I took of a meteorite, a Gorn, and a piece of lava. Credit: Phil Plait (reluctantly)
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There could be an epic mass extinction in the not-so-far future
Elizabeth Rayne
Sep 24, 2017
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