The origins of the rock that killed the dinos

Jon
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Computer modelling has been used to trace the evolution of a cluster of space onjects known as the Baptistina family. The paper claims that one of these objects was the cause of the Chicxulub crater.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6980468.stm

I'm slightly dubious about that claim (it's just a 'probable' type of statement) but if it gets your work into Nature...

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Geologists are gneiss!!

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Submitted by Jon on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 10:52.