The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was around ten kilometres wide and hit 66 million years ago, and a 2024 study of rare metals in the debris it left behind traced its birthplace to beyond Jupiter, in the outer solar system

Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, August 1, 2026). The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was around ten kilometres wide and hit 66 million years ago, and a 2024 study of rare metals in the debris it left behind traced its birthplace to beyond Jupiter, in the outer solar system: Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-01/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-was-around-ten-kilometres-wide-and-hit

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  author = {Newsylist Editorial Desk},
  title = {{The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was around ten kilometres wide and hit 66 million years ago, and a 2024 study of rare metals in the debris it left behind traced its birthplace to beyond Jupiter, in the outer solar system}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-01/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-was-around-ten-kilometres-wide-and-hit},
  note = {Tracked across 3 independent newsrooms}
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> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was around ten kilometres wide and hit 66 million years ago, and a 2024 study of rare metals in the debris it left behind traced its birthplace to beyond Jupiter, in the outer solar system](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-01/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-was-around-ten-kilometres-wide-and-hit)), this event was corroborated across 3 independent sources with a live velocity of 1.