Scientists may have found bits of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

[pesco]

Originally published at: Scientists may have found bits of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs | Boing Boing

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[RigelT]

Landed in (what is now) the Gulf of Mexico, hit by shrapnel in North Dakota. Quite the explosion.

[Papasan]

It all happened 6 thousand years ago, I heard, just the other day.

[knoxblox]

I wonder if it would have preserved that giant shit I would have made when it hit?

[Bobo]

All I have to say about this is:

[Brainspore]

Unfortunately forensic investigators say the fragments are so degraded with time that they are unlikely to yield fingerprints, serial numbers or any other information to identify who the killer was.

[vernonbird]

@RigelT

Quite the explosion.

It was enough to leave a layer of Iridium in the fossil record worldwide, and is known as the K-T boundary. It marks the end of the dominance of dinosaurs [except for birds] and the rise of the dominance of mammals [who had co-existed alongside dinosaurs for tens of millions of years [and still do]].

[milliefink]

Oh what a day it was.

[RickMycroft]

It was all a conspiracy to hide the KFC boundary.

[DiveGirl]

So what I’m hearing is that we need to plant a literal crap-ton of pine trees now, so future generations can learn what happened to us.

[DukeTrout]

@Brainspore

Unfortunately forensic investigators say the fragments are so degraded with time that they are unlikely to yield fingerprints, serial numbers or any other information to identify who the killer was.

Unlike most similar stories, this is one of the few occasions where the NYT exculpatory tense would be appropriate:

Stray Bullet Asteroid Fragment Kills Dinosaurs, 323M y.o.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

If we plant a literal crap-ton of pine trees now we stand a better chance of having a future, so yeah.