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'Dream Team' Agrees Huge Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs

By Traci WatsonMar 4th 2010 – 2:22PM
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(March 4) -- For decades, scientists have debated exactly what kind of cataclysm was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs. Did a giant rock from outer space blast T. rex and his ilk off the face of the Earth? Or was a huge volcanic eruption to blame? Now the jury is in -- maybe. In Friday's issue of the...

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The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is a scientific research institute dedicated to study of the solar system, its formation, evolution, and current state.

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