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The Fireball That Killed the Dinosaurs Could Help Us Find Life on Other Planets
The Fireball That Killed the Dinosaurs Could Help Us Find Life on Other Planets
When David Kring of the University of Arizona gave a presentation at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in 1991, he didn't expect a packed crowd for his talk on the petrology of the Chicxulub Structure in the Yucatan, Mexico. Normally, Kring knew, impact-cratering sessions were presented in the smallest room-the miserable Room D, a shoebox on the second floor.
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