Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...

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A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

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The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

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