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A Giant Space Rock Smashed into Oklahoma Much Later Than We Thought!

Photo: Javier Miranda / Unsplash
A famous buried meteor crater is actually 100 million years younger than we believed, meaning it struck Earth during a major mass extinction [when lots of plants and animals die out at once]. Tiny, sparkling crystals trapped inside the crater helped solve this ancient mystery. Imagine what it would have been like to see that massive fireball light up the prehistoric sky!
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