An examination by scientists from MIT on rocks from west central India suggests that volcanoes may have caused dinosaur extinction. The scientists believe the volcanic eruption may have helped in the extinction of dinosaurs. The team of scientists thinks a volcanic eruption happened before the impact of the asteroid, 66 million years ago. It is believed that an asteroid the size of a mountain … [Read more...]
New Steps towards an Asteroid Early-Warning Network
In September, during a workshop hosted by Secure World Foundation (SWF), several experts discussed strategies to get the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) moving. IAWN’s prime goal is to discover, monitor and warn governments about dangerous near-Earth objects (NEO) using optical and radar devices located on Earth and in space. In 2013, the whole world saw how real an astronomical … [Read more...]
Dinosaur Extinction Blamed on “Bad Luck” and “Bad Timing”
The journal of Biological Reviews has recently published a new study stating that prehistoric animals could, in theory, have survived the asteroid that caused the extinction of dinosaurs millions of years ago if that asteroid hat not hit at that precise moment. Researchers said that the world was hit as it was in flux. They added that this extreme environmental upheaval would have made dinosaurs … [Read more...]