Dinosaurs under the starry sky: rethinking their extinction

Silhouettes of dinosaurs against a starry sky — illustration for article on new theory of dinosaur extinction: not sulfur, but soot

The image shows silhouettes of two dinosaurs against a night sky filled with stars and the Milky Way. This artistic depiction of the dinosaur era is linked to a scientific article revising the cause of their extinction — now scientists believe soot from wildfires, not sulfur, played the key role.

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