When we think of asteroids and Earth, extinction comes to mind. Yet in a recent study by geologist Dr. Birger Schmitz and collaborators at Lund University, Sweden, asteroid dust from a distant collision may have contributed to the rise of marine life around 470 million years ago.
Join us this week as Mike explores how astronomical events may have helped shape life on Earth into what we know it as today.
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Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science. Hosted by Dr. Mike Reed, Astro Brief focuses on astronomical events, the field of astronomy, and astronomy-related guests. It airs Thursdays at 9:45 am on KSMU.