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Alien meteors, ancient eclipses and a second Chicxulub

DINO DOUBLE WHAMMY? Seismic data from the Atlantic floor off the west coast of Africa collected by Uisdean Nicholson, a geologist at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, has revealed the existence of a second major impact crater from around the time of the extinction of the dinosaurs. Nicholson was collecting the data to study plate tectonics, but the results also revealed traces of a massive, ancient crater hidden under about 3,000ft (900m) of water and 1,300ft (400m) of sediment. It showed up as a roughly circular hole approximately 5.3 miles (8.5km) from rim to rim and about 131ft (40m) deep. Deformation of the rock around the hole was consistent with a meteor impact and there was a “central uplift” in the depression, which is a tell-tale sign of an impact.…

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