Scientists hit pay dirt in drilling of dinosaur-killing impact crater
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Scientists hit pay dirt in drilling of dinosaur-killing impact crater
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66 million years ago, a huge asteroid struck Earth, blasted open a 100-mile wide impact crater, and killed off most life on the planet.
Scientists have now dug up core samples 2,200 feet deep into the crater -- and the drilling's only halfway done:
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Scientists hit pay dirt in drilling of dinosaur-killing impact crater
Peak ring rocks found in samples 670 meters below the surface
SCIENCEMAG.ORG
News from Science
66 million years ago, a huge asteroid struck Earth, blasted open a 100-mile wide impact crater, and killed off most life on the planet.
Scientists have now dug up core samples 2,200 feet deep into the crater -- and the drilling's only halfway done:
![Scientists hit pay dirt in drilling of dinosaur-killing impact crater Safe_image.php?d=AQARvO-TDXwGl-sE&w=470&h=246&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencemag.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Farticle_main_large%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fchicxulub](https://external.xx.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQARvO-TDXwGl-sE&w=470&h=246&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencemag.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Farticle_main_large%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fchicxulub.jpg%3Fitok%3D2ZOsyfqZ&cfs=1&upscale=1&sx=0&sy=17&sw=1280&sh=670)
Scientists hit pay dirt in drilling of dinosaur-killing impact crater
Peak ring rocks found in samples 670 meters below the surface
SCIENCEMAG.ORG
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