Scientists find link between comet and asteroid showers and mass extinctions

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 18:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Mass extinctions occurring over the past 260 million years were likely caused by comet and asteroid showers, scientists conclude in a new study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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