Dino-dooming asteroid impact created a chilling sulfur cloud
New, more precise calculations help re-create how the collision affected Earth’s climate

IT’S A GAS When a massive meteorite slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it vaporized rocks, sending up enough climate-changing gases to spark mass extinction.
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