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A new study reveals the Chicxulub meteorite impact also created an underground hydrothermal system that sustained life for 8 million years.

The cataclysmic meteorite impact that wiped the dinosaurs also inadvertently forged a subterranean haven for life, sustaining it for an astonishing eight million years, a new study reveals.

The asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs hit with such force that it took at least 8 million years for the impact site to cool down, creating a warm underground ecosystem where microscopic ...

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