When you're one number off from winning the extinction lottery.
Rare asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs was cosmic bad luck
A new study suggests the dinosaur-killing asteroid was a statistical fluke, hitting at the worst possible time. Researchers argue the impact was not inevitable but a cosmic roll of the dice that ended the Mesozoic era.
Source: Rare asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs was cosmic bad luck — ScienceAlert
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Jul 22, 2026.
Topics: dinosaurs · space · astronomy · science · history
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