6 Things You Should Know About the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was not an ordinary space rock.

A new study has revealed that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not an ordinary space rock. Instead, it was a piece of a much larger asteroid that had been shattered in a collision billions of years ago.

The asteroid was part of a larger family of asteroids called the Baptistina family.

The Baptistina family is a group of asteroids that share a common origin. They are all believed to have formed from the same parent asteroid that was shattered in a collision billions of years ago.

The asteroid that hit Earth was about 6 miles wide.

The asteroid that hit Earth was about 6 miles wide. It was traveling at a speed of about 40,000 miles per hour when it struck the Earth.

The impact of the asteroid created a crater that was about 12 miles wide.

The impact of the asteroid created a crater that was about 12 miles wide. The crater is located in what is now the Gulf of Mexico.

The impact of the asteroid caused a global extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs.

The impact of the asteroid caused a global extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. The extinction event also caused the extinction of many other species of plants and animals.

The asteroid impact may have also caused a global firestorm.

The asteroid impact may have also caused a global firestorm. The firestorm would have been caused by the intense heat of the impact. The firestorm would have burned for months, and it would have destroyed much of the Earth's vegetation.