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The most famous collision between Earth and one of these objects took place 66 million years ago, when a rock 7.5 miles wide smashed into what is now the Yucatan Peninsula. The impact incinerated ...

The unmanned submarine famously dubbed Boaty McBoatface accidentally uncovered a camera set up to photograph the Loch Ness ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

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