![]() The heat and pressure of the violent impact cause the Earth’s crust to melt, but that’s only the moment of collision. The stone eventually crashes into the Yucatán Peninsula, its driving might opening a crater more than 160 kilometres in diameter. ‘The asteroid is pulled, changing from a subcircular lump into a long cylinder… And then, pop, it breaks.’ A few chunks smash into Jupiter, but one gigantic piece continues its voyage, heading towards the third planet from the Sun. Its flight through space is narrated like a cosmic thriller, albeit a tale founded on a wealth of solid research. It was within the immense field of frozen debris of the Oort Cloud, which surrounds our solar system, that the great asteroid broke loose, setting off on its journey towards Earth, dragged on by a strange invisible force that came to be known as gravity. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author transports the reader to the origins of this colossal stone, millions of miles away, far from the Sun’s rays. ![]() The definitive death blow struck with that giant rock from outer space, the calamitous event that Black relates in an engaging and dramatic narrative. ![]()
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