- An hour-long hailstorm from space bombarded the Earth 13,000 years ago - plunging the planet into a mini-ice age, scientists claimed today.
The catastrophe was caused by a disintegrating comet and saw the planet sprayed by thousands of frozen boulders made of ice and dust. Full story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1262904/Prehistoric-hailstorm-triggered-1-000-year-freeze-Earth-wiped-animal-species.html#ixzz0jtpF4Bcq
* NASA: Sun's Nemesis Pelted Earth with Comets, Study Suggests:
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2010/03/suns-nemesis-pelted-earth-with-comets.html
