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

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 ...

A massive release of sulfur has been largely blamed for the dramatic cooling that followed Chicxulub’s crash landing, but did ...

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 ...

This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...

“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 ...

It's not just arson, or climate change, or wildfires, says Fleet Street Fox. The celebrity hot air isn't helping either ...