Extinction Of Dinos
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Could an exploding star have been responsible for the death of the dinosaurs? This
idea has become popular again as an explanation for the disappearance of the
dinosaurs. An exploding star can blast material enormous distances into space. If
this material reached Earth’s atmosphere, changes m ....
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.... As the star collapses, very small particles (called neutrinos)
escape into space. After the star becomes a very small sphere, it explodes like a
giant nuclear bomb and becomes a billion times as bright as our own sun. All kinds
of matter and radiation are blasted into space. This matter and radiation travels
through space at nearly the speed of light (186,000 miles per second)
Now, if one of these supernovae were to occur within about 130 light years
of Earth, some scientists feel th ....
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