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Dinosaur extinction: New study suggests they were killed off by more than an asteroid
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt's been 66 million years since dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and many may blame an asteroid's...
Scientists Discovered a Surprise 6th Mass Extinction, Which Came Before the Big 5
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoFirst Mass Extinction Event Newly Discovered Liyao Xie - Getty Images Researchers have gone back in...
NASA's most wanted: The 5 most dangerous asteroids in the solar system
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIllustration of asteroids approaching Earth. Around 66 million years ago, Earth was struck by a...
Experts warn that AI is an extinction-level threat, and I wish they'd stop scaring us
TechRadar via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAI Danger The people building the world's most advanced AI just signed an urgent and brief statement...
Watch scientists discuss the latest research on killer asteroids
Engadget· 2 years agoAstronomers, astronauts and other near-Earth object experts from around the world are gathering next...
What is a mass extinction, and why do scientists think we’re in the middle of one?
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAt least five times, a catastrophe has killed off the vast majority of Earth’s species. As...
A nearby kilonova explosion could threaten all life on Earth. But don't worry, scientists say.
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAn illustration of two neutron stars colliding and merging to create a kilonova blast that new...
A 7-year journey to deliver an asteroid sample to Earth will soon end in Utah
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEditor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it...
The most famous extinction event in the planet's history is happening again — in Santa Cruz
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScientists are using a UC Santa Cruz greenhouse to re-create the mass extinction that wiped out the...
How large asteroids must be to destroy a city, state, country, or the planet
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoHow big of an asteroid does it take to damage cities, states, countries, and the planet? On the...