A comet, not an asteroid, killed the dinosaurs, according to new research

Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 12:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Contrary to popular opinion, a comet, not an asteroid, may have caused the extinction of dinosaurs. This reconciles the conflicting evidence of a huge impact crater with revised, lower iridium/osmium levels at the K-Pg boundary.

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