SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, "The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet, and eventually, ...
Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to be confined to one planet, until some eventual extinction event." A rumor circulated online in late 2024 claiming Elon Musk once ...
While both groups survived as a whole, many species went extinct. Among the casualties were the shastasaurid ichthyosaurs, a group of whale-sized marine reptiles that could reach up to 21 metres long.
When a mass extinction event 66 million years ago wiped out three-quarters of the world’s plants and animals – including the dinosaurs – among the survivors was a tiny, black beetle.