A new scientific study reveals that life recovered much faster than expected after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

A large asteroid (~12 km in diameter) hit Earth 66 million years ago, likely causing the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Credit: Southwest Research Institute/Don Davis A large asteroid (~12 km in ...

The Chicxulub Crater is located off the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico and is believed to be caused by an asteroid 66 million years ago that measured six miles wide. The impact was catastrophic for life ...

The Chicxulub Impact Crater, located on the Yucatán Peninsula, represents one of Earth’s most significant impact structures and offers a unique window into catastrophic processes that reshaped the ...

German scientists think they've cracked the case on the origins of the giant asteroid that all but wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Now, a team of geoscientists from the University of ...