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New research reveals evidence of cometary outbursts from 12,800 years ago

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! Shocked quartz grains, with cracks filled with melt glass. Credit: UC Santa Barbara × close to Shocked quartz grains, with cracks filled with melting glass. Credit: UC Santa Barbara Researchers continue to expand the arguments for the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis. The … Read more

New research reveals evidence of cometary outbursts from 12,800 years ago

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Shocked quartz grains, with cracks filled with molten glass. Credit: UC Santa Barbara Researchers continue to build the case for the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis. The idea holds that a fragmented comet slammed into Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago, triggering widespread climate change that led to, among other things, an abrupt reversal of Earth’s warming … Read more