Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...
A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...
The end of the dinosaurs was clearly linked to an asteroid impact that brought the Cretaceous period to a close. But the ...
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact wiped out ...
A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...
Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, ...
The Chicxulub impact structure in Mexico is widely believed to be the site of the asteroid impact that allegedly killed the dinosaurs. As Sergio de Régules reports, scientists are now preparing to ...
A geology professor who joined the New Mexico State University faculty this year is the lead author of a new paper addressing ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The dinosaur-killing asteroid that struck Earth around 66 million years ago was huge — around 7 ...