Dinosaur-killing asteroid was likely a giant mudball, study says CNNUnusual Origin Found for Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs The New York TimesRuthenium isotopes show the Chicxulub impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid ScienceScientists think they know the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs USA TODAYPaleontologist Ken Lacovara and the fifth extinction that killed the dinosaurs NPR