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Chicxulub
The Chicxulub crater is a massive impact structure located beneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It’s notable as the geological evidence for the asteroid that caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, wiping out approximately 76% of plant and animal life on Earth. Scientists study it to understand catastrophic impacts and their effects on planetary environments. Paleontologists and geol...
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Boltysh
Boltysh is a meteorite impact crater in central Ukraine with a diameter of about 24 kilometers. The structure formed when an extraterrestrial body struck the Earth's surface, creating impact-melt and brecciated rock beneath later sediments. Its estimated age is close to 65 million years, placing it near the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, although the exact relationship between the impact and the b...
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