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

Beyond the immediate impact damage, an asteroid impact would have long-lasting effects on Earth's atmosphere. What would ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or ... impact that created this crater occurred 65 million years ago. The date corresponds perfectly to the date of the dinosaur extinction.

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

YR4, an asteroid that currently has a more than 1 percent chance to hit the Earth in 2032, catching the attention of ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid, estimated to ... climate change that eventually led to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and, in total, about 75% of species ...

when Tyrannosaurus rex dominated North America and just before a city-size asteroid hit Earth, dooming the dinosaurs to extinction. Birds that lived among the dinosaurs were barely recognizable ...

Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid ... crater. This impact triggered a chain reaction of destructive events including a rapid climate change that eventually led to the ...