What if the asteroid that finished the dinosaurs had fallen into the ocean?

All over for the pterosaurs ... artist’s impression of a large asteroid hitting Earth. Photograph: Mark Garlick/Getty Images/Science Photo Library

If the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had fallen in very deep ocean, would it still have wiped out the dinosaurs?

Edward Baxter, Aberdeen

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