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Ancient asteroid carved colossal crater beneath the United States
Original: “It carved a crater twice the size of Rhode Island and as deep as the Grand Canyon." This 35-million-year-old asteroid impact wrecked the United States
BBC Wildlife Magazine is highlighting a 35-million-year-old asteroid impact whose crater measures twice the size of Rhode Island and reaches depths comparable to the Grand Canyon. The story describes how the ancient collision devastated what is now the United States, and readers are sharing the dramatic scale of the prehistoric event.
Why now: A vivid retelling of a dramatic prehistoric impact is circulating in science news coverage.
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- “It carved a crater twice the size of Rhode Island and as deep as the Grand Canyon." This 35-million-year-old asteroid impact wrecked the United States · BBC Wildlife Magazine
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