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Dates: during 2007-2007
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EARTH LANDING A Baptistina meteorite 6 miles across struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula 65 million years ago. The resulting dust cloud may have blocked the sun and led to mass extinctions on Earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dashboard: Sep. 24, 2007 | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

COSMIC COLLISION An asteroid 106 miles in diameter ran into a 37-mile asteroid 160 million years ago at a speed of 1.89 miles per sec., creating an asteroid set called the Baptistina family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dashboard: Sep. 24, 2007 | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

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