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The usual suspects

Comets are suspected of wiping out life on
Earth - some people think that a comet or meteorite impact could have killed off the dinosaurs over 65 million years ago.

But some scientists are springing to the defence of comets. They believe that comets could have brought the basic building blocks of life to the early Earth.



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Did a comet wipe out the dinosaurs?
Did a comet wipe out the dinosaurs?
Image: ESA

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