The First Minutes The Dinosaurs Went Extinct (And Didn't Know It)

At 9:41 AM — not metaphorically, not approximately — the asteroid hit. Scientists have calculated to within minutes exactly when the Chicxulub impact struck the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago. What unfolded in the first 60 seconds was so total, so extreme, it's almost impossible to hold in your mind as a real event. But it was real. This is what it actually looked like. In this video: → The asteroid hits in 1 second flat — and the air burns hotter than the sun → A crater 180 km wide forms in 90 seconds → Fish in North Dakota die within the hour — fossilized mid-breath → The sky becomes a global oven within 30 minutes → And a dinosaur in Montana stands still, looks up — and waits Based on research by Robert DePalma (Univ. of Manchester), Brian Toon (Univ. of Colorado), and Jan Smit (Free Univ. of Amsterdam). —————————————————————— 🔔 Subscribe for more science breakdowns like this —————————————————————— Timestamps: 0:00 — It happens at 9:41 AM 0:35 — The size and speed of the asteroid 1:26 — Then it hits 2:20 — Tanis: fish fossilized mid-breath 3:13 — Earthquakes and tsunamis — globally, simultaneously 4:23 — The sky catches fire 6:16 — What the dinosaurs actually experienced 8:04 — The iridium line that marks the end 8:49 — 165 million years, ended in a morning 9:19 — They didn't know it yet #Dinosaurs #Asteroid #Extinction #Chicxulub #Science #Prehistoric #MassExtinction #Paleontology #EarthHistory #ScienceExplained #NaturalHistory #Geology #CretaceousPeriod #SpaceImpact #Educational