About 66 million years ago, a city-size asteroid slammed into what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, ushering in a long period of darkness that snuffed out the nonavian dinosaurs. Researchers have long ...

It's the first global simulation of the tsunami caused by the Chicxulub impact to be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, according to the authors. The tsunami was powerful enough to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dinosaurs look on as an asteroid plumets through the sky. 66 million years ago, a large asteroid crashed into Earth near Mexico's ...

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The newly discovered Nadir crater off the coast of Africa dates to the same time as the famous Chicxulub impact, which killed off most life on Earth. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers say they’ve ...

For decades, the asteroid that ended the reign of the dinosaurs has stood as a symbol of total planetary devastation. But hidden within the chaos it unleashed was the seed of a biological rebirth. In ...

The Chicxulub impact on the Yucatan Peninsula is believed to have led to the death of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago. A newly discovered impact crater in the Atlantic Ocean hints at the ...

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 ...