The findings suggest that mass extinctions are not always caused by a single dramatic event.

An artist's imagining of a saprotrophic fungus. (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) In the wake of the ...

Researchers have so far overlooked the impact of dust particles on the mass extinction of species following the Chicxulub asteroid impact. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Dive into the fascinating story behind the Chicxulub meteor and its impact on Earth. This cosmic enigma has intrigued scientists for years, shedding light on our planet's history and the events that ...

Off the coast of Mexico, the Chicxulub crater is all that remains of a defining moment in Earth's history. The hole spans 93 miles wide and bores 12 miles deep into the Earth. It was left by an ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The main culprit behind the end of the dinosaurs is now widely accepted to be an extraterrestrial ...

Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, flying at 27,000 mph (43,000 km/h), slammed directly into Earth. The impact ...

Harvard astrophysicists proposed a new model showing that the Chicxulub impactor — the celestial body responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs — could have been of cometary, rather than ...