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eventA large asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago, causing the mass extinction of the dinosaurs and creating the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary
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The Day The Dinosaurs Died
But in addition to all those fossils, the other key thing that Ken and his team have unearthed is a metal called iridium that's usually only found in asteroids. Ken explained the latest thinking on exactly what happened that day, 66 million years ago, when an asteroid slammed into the Earth.