Asteroid Impact Theories
Commenters speculate on catastrophic events like asteroid or meteor impacts, solar storms, supernovas, and volcanic eruptions as causes of past mass extinctions or major Earth disruptions, referencing hypotheses such as Younger Dryas and Miyake events.
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Maybe a comet impact? Use your apocalyptic imagination to find the scenario most likely to you?
Definitelyhttps://m.phys.org/news/2012-11-cosmic-rays-reveal-event-ear...
Interesting. There’s a hypothesis that Earth was struck by an impact 12,800 years ago in North America but the impact site wasn’t identifiedhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas_impact_hypothe...Could these be related?
Asteroid impact, global nuclear war etc.?
My takeaway was this was an impact from a meteorite but I'm not 100% sure. Is there an "explain this like we are having a real life conversion" version?
Yeshttps://www.reuters.com/science/huge-ancient-solar-storm-rev...
Giant meteor impact would be nice.
'At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts -- caused by the death of a massive star -- may have previously stripped our planet's atmosphere of its ozone, sparked acid rain and exposed life to harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. They believe a supernova explosion close to Earth could be to blame for both the
It was an asteroid impact event.
It was an asteroid impact event.