What Killed the Ice Age Animals?

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Scientists have discovered evidence in South Carolina that seems to point to an extraterrestrial event which caused the extinction of many large animals and a possible decline in human population nearly 13,000 years ago. A controversial theory that an extraterrestrial body crashing to earth caused another widespread extinction event is gaining traction due to such…

Newest Planet?

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Astronomers may have found the solar system’s smallest dwarf planet, even smaller than Ceres. Using ESO’s SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered that the asteroid Hygiea has all four requirements to be classified as a dwarf planet. 1) It orbits the sun. 2) It is not a moon. 3) Unlike a…