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The space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was a rare strike from an asteroid beyond Jupiter, a new study details. The finding pins down the nature of the fateful space rock and its origin within our solar system, and may benefit technology that forecasts asteroid strikes on our planet, Live Science reports:
https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-rare-rock-beyond-jupiter