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ShareImpact events are caused by the collision of large meteoroids, asteroids or comets (generically: bolides) with Earth and may sometimes be followed by mass extinctions of life..
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Extinction event — An extinction event (also extinction-level event, ELE) occurs when a large number of species die out in a relatively short period of time. Since life ... > read more
Meteorite — A meteorite is a small extraterrestrial body that impacts the Earth's surface. While in space they are called meteoroids, and while falling through ... > read more
Impact crater — An impact crater is a circular depression on a surface, usually referring to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body, caused by a collision ... > read more
Chicxulub Crater — Chicxulub Crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatan peninsula, with its center located approximately underneath the town of ... > read more
Megatsunami — Megatsunami (often hyphenated as mega-tsunami, also known as iminami or "wave of purification") is an informal term used by popular media and popular ... > read more
End of civilization — The end of civilization or the end of the world are phrases used in reference to human extinction scenarios, doomsday events, and related hazards ... > read more
Meteor — A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star or falling star. ... > read more
Crust (geology) — In geology, a crust is the outermost layer of a planet.
The crust of the Earth is composed of a great variety of igneous, metamorphic, and ... > read more
Supervolcano — A supervolcano refers to a volcano that produces the largest and most voluminous kinds of eruption on Earth. The actual explosivity of these ... > read more
Lithosphere — The lithosphere is the solid outermost shell of a rocky planet. On the Earth, the lithosphere includes the crust and the uppermost layer of the ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Impact event at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
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