Quote:An asteroid from space slammed into the Earth's surface 66 million years ago, leaving a massive crater underneath the sea and wreaking havoc with the planet.

No, it's not that asteroid, the one that doomed the dinosaurs to extinction, but a previously unknown crater 248 miles off the coast of West Africa that was created right around the same time. Further study of the Nadir crater, as it's called, could shake up what we know about that cataclysmic moment in natural history.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/africa/as...index.html

According to the article, there is a margin of error +/- 1 million years - so this impact could be contemporary with the Chicxulub impact event that everyone has already heard about. It's too early to know if the impacts were connected (like a larger asteroid broke up into 2 or more parts) or if there are other contemporary craters hidden around the world.