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  The Rock That Ended the Dinosaurs Was Much More Than a Dino KillerSeptember 15, 2021
  In seeking the origin story of the Chicxulub impactor, scientists hope to also unlock secrets about the origin of life itself. The first cave art….
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  Asteroid Dust Found in Crater Closes Case of Dinosaur ExtinctionMarch 2, 2021
  Researchers believe they have closed the case of what killed the dinosaurs, definitively linking their extinction with an asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million…
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  Researchers Model Source of Eruption on Jupiter’s Moon EuropaNovember 10, 2020
  A new model shows how brine on Jupiter’s moon Europa can migrate within the icy shell to form pockets of salty water that erupt to…
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  Cores from Chicxulub crater reveal details about first days after asteroid strike that doomed the dinosaursOctober 7, 2020
  New research supported by UT’s Center for Planetary Systems Habitability adds a new layer to the story of the end of the dinosaurs. The paper…
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  A Young Sub-Neptune-sized Planet Sheds Light onto How Planets Form and EvolveAugust 4, 2020
  A team of astronomers including McDonald Observatory’s Bill Cochran have made a detailed study of a young planet slightly smaller than Neptune with the Habitable-zone…

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