How We Figured Out an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs

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To try everything Brilliant has to offer, visit https://brilliant.org/eons 66 million years ago a giant space rock crashed into our planet and killed the dinosaurs. In the span of just four decades, we’ve gone from not knowing there was a space rock at all to knowing exactly where that planet-killer came from. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Perseus Bluejay, Mary Sammartino , Hugo van den Hoek, Melodie Chen-Glasser, rene fuqua, John Hildebrandt, Irene Wood, Derek Helling, Casey Hague, Susan Freund, CalamityBangs, Brian Clubb, William Sunderland, Kerry Conneely, Mark Talbott-Williams, Nomi Alchin, Nicholas Arger, Josh L, Duane Westhoff, Yu Mei, A.B. Heckert, Lea Nisay, Beth K, Eric Younge, Hillary Ryde-Collins, Elyssa, Albert Folsom, Alex Hackman, Ruth Orr, Steve Hill, Jennifer Courtemanche, Steven Kern, Jason Rostoker, Lianne Lairmore, John H. Austin, Jr., Walter Ray-Dulany, Eric Franklin, John D Elias, Willie, Gizmo, Nquiztor, Annemiek Arkema, Wookiee Henderson, Randall George, SKS PHD, John Celio, Eric Edwards, Karen Farrell, raus , Aaditya Mehta, IAmHere, Collin Dutrow, Beth-Ann Cheney, Travis Bauer, Sarah Grunow-Mau, Deanna Hernandez, Christopher Samuel, AllPizzasArePersonal, lyric1981, Mary Tevington, Kevin Lacson, Dan Caffee, Nick Ryhajlo, Nathan Paskett, Stephanie Schlea, Jeff Graham, Betsy Radley If you'd like to support the channel, head over to   / eons   and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook -   / eonsshow   Instagram -   / eonsshow   Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/pbseons.bsky... #Eons References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q...