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Evening Standard
Science
Nick Forbes

Meteorite that killed dinosaurs also created life-supporting environment – study

New analysis of the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs could help our understanding of early life on Earth, scientists have said (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Archive)

The meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs also created a life-supporting underground environment that lasted for eight million years, a study has found.

A team led by researchers at the University of Glasgow said the discovery could have implications for our understanding of how life formed on the early Earth, and help direct for the search for life on other planets.

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