It's widely believed that asteroids caused the end of the dinosaurs, but could they be the end of us? Professor Alan Fitzsimmons weigh in on the possibility of an asteroid collision in the near future.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHEDJune 29, 2017
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It's widely believed that asteroids caused the end of the dinosaurs, but could they be the end of us? Professor Alan Fitzsimmons weigh in on the possibility of an asteroid collision in the near future.
Written by Hannah Evans
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