Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs off the face of the Earth was caused by the release of large volumes of sulfur from rocks within the Chicxulub impact ...

Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid, estimated to be 10-15 kilometer in diameter, struck the Yucatán ...

Today, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is casually ...

Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction The Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago filled the sky with fine silicate dust, which blocked out sunlight and lingered for ...

Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid with a diameter of about six miles crashed off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The Chicxulub asteroid—named for the shoreside town near the ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns ...

The Chicxulub asteroid strike is well-known for its role in dinosaur extinction, but new findings suggest it might have been part of a duo. A second asteroid impact might have occurred around the ...

“We found that the impact of an asteroid like the one at Chicxulub is an infrequent and unique event in geological time,” said Professor Dr Carsten Münker, co-author of the study. “The fate ...

The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a Mediterranean island is challenging what we know about when—and where—mammal ancestors ...