asteroid dinosaur

An asteroid, given the designation of Asteroid 2020 UQ3, is on its way towards Earth and could make its closest approach to the planet as soon as tomorrow, July 18. NASA revealed these shocking details after tracking the asteroid's orbit using its various satellites and space and ground-based telescopes. As per the details provided by NASA, Asteroid 2020 UQ3 is expected to make its closest approach to the planet at a distance of just 1.2 million kilometers, and at a speed of 33387 kilometers per hour.It belongs to the…

A new study has shed light into the living conditions of dinosaurs during the time they went extinct. Here's how they fared. Dinosaurs dominated the Earth millions of years ago during the Mesozoic Era. This included three consecutive geological periods - Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods, during which different species of these creatures inhabited the Earth. But how did these predatory creatures go extinct? Well, Paleontologists believe their extinction process started when an asteroid struck the Earth nearly…

The extinction of dinosaurs took place about 66 million years ago but we are yet to know the full impact of the asteroid that wiped out this species. Scientists are still studying the disaster and continuously unearthing new aspects of the devastating impact. Now, researchers say that if the asteroid's trajectory had been slightly different, it would have missed the Earth. They also feel that the asteroid's impact site and the time of the year could have made a difference. Studying these possibilities, researchers have…