Study pinpoints timing of Chicxulub asteroid impact | HeritageDaily

Groundbreaking study confirms time of year when asteroid wiped out dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth.

A groundbreaking study led by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and an international team of scientists conclusively confirms the time year of the catastrophic Chicxulub asteroid, responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth 66 million years ago.

Springtime, the season of new beginnings, ended the 165-million-year reign of dinosaurs and changed the course of evolution on Earth.

Results of the study, published in the journal Scientific…