The asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused a planetary-scale firestorm that burned dinosaurs to a crisp all over the world, according to simulations of the impact. The so-called Chicxulub asteroid, which was 10 to 15 kilometres wide, landed in what is today the Gulf of Mexico at the end of the Cretaceous Period…
Source: NewScientist | Earth
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