The Dinosaur Killing Meteorite's True Face Revealed Scientists from the University of British Columbia and their collaborators have made a groundbreaking discovery that points to an exceptionally rare CO chondrite meteorite as the likely source of the devastation 66 million years ago.
This new research fundamentally changes our understanding of the events leading up to one of Earth's most significant extinctions.
The asteroid in question, which struck with a force equivalent to about six miles wide, was not a typical meteorite by any stretch of the imagination.