Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe, by Lisa Randall

Book of the week: An invisible force causes extinctions – science or sci-fi? Nature will decide, says Marcus Chown

Published on
January 21, 2016
Last updated
January 21, 2016
Oort cloud surrounding solar system (illustration)
Source: LWp Kommunikáció
Driven to destruction: the Oort Cloud of comets. The cloud may be ‘stirred up’ by dark matter, creating the comet showers that have caused mass extinctions on Earth, including that of the dinosaurs

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