The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms. But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet.
<p>WASHINGTON — A space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms.
 But, as new research shows, that disaster actually may have been beneficial for the early evolution of life by serving as &quot;a giant fertilizer bomb&quot; for the bacteria and other s
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