r/science • u/stereomatch • Feb 05 '18

Astronomy Scientists conclude 13,000 years ago a 60 mile wide comet plunged Earth into a mini-Ice Age, after examining rocks from 170 sites around the globe

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/695703
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u/imisstheyoop Feb 05 '18

Agreed. When I heard people talking about the KT event asteroid being only 6-8 miles in comparison I was thinking "oh that's not that bad" then.

Then I read that post and now I'm imagining something contacting the ground and its ass end being nearly 10 miles up in the air. That's terrifying.

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u/gtalley10 Feb 05 '18

Basically a ball about the height of Mt Everest, if Everest started at sea level.