Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerated the dinosaurs

Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerated the dinosaurs. After the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago, trillions of tonnes of rock vapour was launched into space before falling back to Earth at ballistic speeds, creating a global blast of heat strong enough to broil life on land

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Trechos de apoio da pauta: The Chicxulub asteroid brought the age of the dinosaurs to an endROGER HARRIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused a planetary-scale firestorm that burned dinosaurs to a crisp all over the world, according to simulations of the impact. The so-called Chicxulub asteroid, which was 10 to 15 kilometres wide, landed in what is today the Gulf of Mexico at the end of the Cretaceous Period.

• Ponto de atenção: asteroid.
• Ponto de atenção: strike.
• Ponto de atenção: caused.

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