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Inside the Vault Where They Keep the Dinosaur Apocalypse

Season 13 Episode 14 | 22m 36s

A giant asteroid impact ended the age of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. How did this mass extinction play out, moment by moment? In this video we meet a geologist who has explored the asteroid crater and learn what the rocks tell us about the last days of the dinosaurs. It was pretty bad!

Aired: 12/03/25
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