At the end
of the
Cretaceous
Period,
an asteroid,
seven
miles
wide,
ripped
through
the black
expanse of
outer space After
traveling
millions
of miles,
after following
the orbits of
greater masses,
after collisions
with other
pockmarked
rocks,
there
was a
pull
toward
Earth The
asteroid’s
impact
off the coast of
the Yucatán
blotted out
the
horizon,
smothering
dinosaur
eggs into
ash,
rippling
heat
through
the land
and the
oceans
