🔬 Science Jun 16, 2026 · Kelly Kizer Whitt

Dinosaur-killing asteroid created an abode for life

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Artist’s illustration depicting the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago. This space rock smashed into our planet off the coast of southeastern Mexico. A new study suggests the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact created an underground hydrothermal habitat – an abode for microbial life – that lasted for 8 million years. Image via Don Davis/ NASA/ Wikimedia Commons.
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