More than one asteroid could have spelled doom for the dinosaurs

Artist impression of asteroids impacting Earth
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

A newly discovered impact crater below the seafloor hints at the possibility that more than one asteroid hit Earth during the time when dinosaurs went extinct. UArizona researcher Veronica Bray, who specializes in craters found throughout the solar system, is co-author of a new study about the discovery.

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