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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: We may not see dark matter, but that doesn’t mean we can’t grasp it.
Chapter 3: Dark matter was crucial in molding our universe.
Chapter 4: Meteoroids have pummeled Earth for eons and may have helped spark life.
Chapter 5: In contrast to the meteoroids that hit Earth daily, comets stand apart.
Chapter 6: Catastrophic meteoroids rarely hit Earth – but recent ones show how deadly they can be.
Chapter 7: The meteorite that ended the dinosaurs’ reign was one of five great extinction episodes.
Chapter 8: Even though ancient meteorites wrought havoc, tracing their impacts on Earth is difficult.
Chapter 9: A handful of precise hints led scientists to the K-Pg crater.
Chapter 10: Research points to a possible rhythm in comet-driven mass extinctions.
Chapter 11: The Milky Way’s galactic tide and the solar system’s orbit may clarify how Oort-cloud comets are set loose.
Chapter 12: Only future data will reveal whether dark matter drives the enormous meteoroids that strike Earth every 32 million years.
Description
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs (2015) takes a close look at the remarkable interconnections between Earth and the universe around it. These blinks explain how dark matter, the invisible stuff that makes up most of the universe, relates to the mass extinctions of the past and to the comets that might one day bring about another.
Who Should Listen
- Scientists and students of science
- Anyone interested in how the dinosaurs became extinct
- People curious about Earth’s early history