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during the Late Devonian period. Future research could explain the origins of these asteroid strikes as well.However, the devastation from the Chicxulub impactor shows that a C-type can be disastrous for Earth. It was a combination of factors, from its size to where it hit, that led to its widespread destruction.
“It’s a big kind of cosmic coincidence, and we all should be thankful for this because otherwise maybe the planet would look very different nowadays,” Fischer-Gödde said.
The researchers published their findings in the journal Science.
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