We know that the Earth has at times gotten hit by meteors.

http://astro.wsu.edu/worthey/astro/html/lec-meteor-bb.html

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971117.html

But are terrestrial impacts ever responsible for mass extinctions?

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