After two decades of debate, researchers say they finally have definitive proof that the Silverpit Crater, a buried structure in the North Sea, was created by an asteroid strike more than 40 million years ago. The crater, discovered in 2002 about 80 miles (129 kilometers) off the Yorkshire coast, is 1.8 miles (3 km) wide and lies some 766 yards …
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