![The cylinder of sediment was extracted from deep inside the Earth.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/TSBJGJJ2WRTOBXDXTL2QSX55OQ.jpg?auth=36260847b3bc3b59bd02fd549c517cc4891571349d666b52a472554d7ab7f9db&width=414&height=233&focal=736%2C296)
Scientists reconstruct the day after the asteroid impact that led to the dinosaurs’ extinction
A study from 2019 provides minute-by-minute information about the events of 66 million years ago thanks to a cylinder of sediment extracted from deep within the Earth