Dinosaurs wiped out by asteroid, agree scientists

DINOSAURS were wiped out by an asteroid the size of the Isle of Wight that hit the Earth with the explosive power of a billion atom bombs, scientists have concluded.

A report from 41 international experts discounts an alternative theory that volcanic eruptions ended the reptiles’ 160 million-year reign.

The scientists reviewed 20 years’ worth of evidence in search of a definitive answer to the mystery of what happened around 65 million years ago.