Number of asteroids pummelling Earth shoots up since age of dinosaurs.

Collisions have increased by up to three times over the past 290 million years, scientists find.

Over the last 290 million years, greater numbers of asteroids have hit the Earth and the Moon ( Getty )

Earth has been pummelled by an ever increasing number of asteroids since dinosaurs dominated the planet, according to a new study. 

Collisions have increased by up to three Over the last 290 million years, greater numbers of asteroids have hit the Earth and the Moon ( Getty 

This surge in asteroid hits meant the extinction of the dinosaurs became “inevitable”, they suggest in their findings, published in the journal Science.times over the past 290 million years, the research led by a team at the University of Toronto, suggests.

This surge in asteroid hits meant the extinction of the dinosaurs became “inevitable”, they suggest in their findings, published in the journal Science.rehan2e.blogspot.com