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ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY. “The buried structure was initially identified from geophysical surveys of the PEMEX oil exploration program in southeastern Mexico. On the surface its influence is marked by the circular ring of cenotes that have formed from differential compaction and fracturing between the impact breccias and surrounding limestone sequences.” https://lnkd.in/eqAYpQg2 View in LinkedIn

BENT LIGHT. “Gravitational lensing occurs when matter deflects/bends the path of light as it travels from a source to the observer.” https://lnkd.in/e6ifiQMn View in LinkedIn

CARBONATE DEBRIS. “The crater is buried under ~1.0 km of carbonate sediments in the Yucatan peninsula.” https://lnkd.in/eqAYpQg2 View in LinkedIn

DARK MATTER HALOS. “The spherical collapse model for the formation of individual DM halos.” (DM = dark matter). https://lnkd.in/e6ifiQMn View in LinkedIn

ONE OF THREE. “Chicxulub is one of only three multi-ring craters documented in the terrestrial record and impact has been related to the global environmental/ climatic effects and mass extinction that mark the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary.” https://lnkd.in/eqAYpQg2 View in LinkedIn

WIMP HALOS. “The first WIMP halos to form are roughly Earth mass microhalos.” (WIMP = weakly interacting massive particle). https://lnkd.in/e6ifiQMn View in LinkedIn

HISTORICAL FAVORITE CRATER. “The Chicxulub impact crater is part of a select group of unique geological sites, being a natural laboratory to investigate crater formation processes and global effects of large-scale impacts.” https://lnkd.in/eqAYpQg2 View in LinkedIn

WIMP: weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP), heavy, electromagnetically neutral subatomic particle that is hypothesized to make up most dark matter and therefore some 22 percent of the universe.” https://lnkd.in/eEwV_wZp View in LinkedIn

YORKSHIRE PUDDING. “When wheat flour began to come into common use for making cakes and puddings, cooks in northern England (Yorkshire) devised a means of making use of the fat that dropped into the dripping pan to cook a batter pudding while the meat roasted. In 1737, a recipe for "a dripping pudding" was published.” https://lnkd.in/ejcUhJym. View in LinkedIn

OFF THE RADAR. “While philosophers and religious scholars have explored awe for centuries, it was largely ignored by psychologists until the early 2000s.” https://lnkd.in/eTQYza-q View in LinkedIn