Tag: AMNH
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Asteroid Strike Revisited: A Multidisciplinary Journey Through AMNH’s Impact Exhibit
Introduction: A Fresh Lens on a Global Extinction New York’s American Museum of Natural History has opened a groundbreaking exhibition that invites visitors to walk through the event that reshaped life on Earth: the asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period and led to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. The Impact exhibit blends geology,…
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New AMNH Exhibit Reimagines the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact
A Fresh Look at a Jurassic Pop Quiz When the asteroid that struck Earth around 66 million years ago is mentioned in classrooms or documentaries, the narrative often lands as a single, dramatic punchline: a colossal rock, a deadly explosion, and the sudden end of the age of dinosaurs. The American Museum of Natural History’s…
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Walk-through: AMNH’s Impact exhibit on the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs
Overview: A multidisciplinary journey into the dinosaur extinction In New York City, the American Museum of Natural History opens a bold new exhibition that looks at the asteroid strike credited with ending the reign of the non-avian dinosaurs. The Impact exhibit invites visitors to move beyond a single narrative, weaving together geology, paleontology, archaeology, climate…