New Theory Suggests Dinosaur-Killing Impact Came From Edge Of Solar System

A skeleton of an allosaurus dinosaur on display at Drouot auction house in Paris in October. A new theory says the dinosaurs were killed by a comet fragment that originally came from the edge of the solar system.

Harvard researchers say a comet from deep space — not an asteroid from the belt past Mars — was responsible for the mass extinction. Others are skeptical.

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Source: NPR Space News