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

Several factors contributed to the survival of crocodiles, turtles, lizards and birds 66 million years ago, say our readers ...

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 meteorite hit Earth about 66 million years ago near what today is the Yucatán peninsula, causing widespread destruction and death. But almost simultaneously, intense volcanism covered a vast ...

"it's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter million miles ...

Not to mention the notorious chunk of rock that hit the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago and led, theoretically, to the extinction of the dinosaurs. In fact, the solar system is littered ...

Not to mention the notorious chunk of rock that hit the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago and led, theoretically, to the extinction of the dinosaurs. The largest number are in a belt between ...

Amazing ancient discoveries from around the world unearthed in recent years. From Iron Age hoards and rare biblical ...

Around 166 million years ago Britain's 'dinosaur highway' was teaming ... massive Chicxulub Crater at the tip of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, which dates to the period in question.

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