In recent News...

a (suppossed) impact crater has been found in Antartica, that has a diameter of 300 miles, that to the best the core samples can tell, happened around the time
( if I read it right) of the K-T boundary extinctions- can anyone corroborate this?

NewScientist.com

There's a longer article in the magazine itself but this gives some indication of what they've discovered. It's still only speculative though and there are a number of other impact sites that are equally probable.

Thanks, Accushot- appreciate the referrence and the website

However, I would think that this would raise (If substansiated!) several others questions in relation to the topic as a whole- and can only state how much we currently do not know. One can only hope that the scientific community will see fit to attempt to resolve the question in the near future, as it could affect how long we can afford to remain ignorant of the need to track these objects on a regular basis. And, in all fairness, if we really do have something to worry about in the near to immediate future.

I SAID I was sorry already. Sheesh, you make One little mistake with a temporal metastabilizer and you hear about it for the rest of your life....

The SpaceNuts always return.

Edited by - boomerang one on 6/14/2006 12:16:51 PM