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The Day Dinosaurs Died

Investigate how an asteroid vanquished the dinosaurs 66 million years ago

  • Fred Vigeant
Attack of the asteroid on the Earth. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

Attack of the asteroid on the Earth. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

Join WITF this week for an encore presentation on NOVA.

Investigate how an asteroid vanquished the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Join scientists as they drill into the impact crater and, for the first time, reconstruct the hell on earth that unfolded in the minutes, hours and months after the impact.

NOVA is on WITF TV Wednesday at 9:00pm and streaming through the PBS Video App.

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