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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

Asteroid impacts on moon coincide with some on Earth, glass bead study shows

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Asteroid impacts on the moon millions of years ago coincided with some of the largest meteorite impacts on Earth, such as the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, research suggests.

The study also found that major impact events on Earth did not happen in isolation, but were accompanied by a series of smaller impacts.

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