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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs may have sparked millions of years of hydrothermal life
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs may have created hydrothermal vent systems that supported millions of years of hydrothermal life. Asteroid impacts can generate hydrothermal vent systems on Earth.
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