Scientists studying the Chicxulub crater have made strides in understanding the formation of central rings in large impact ...
In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% ...
Scientists have long believed that RNA may have been the first molecule capable of storing information and evolving, a ...
A team of international scientists will begin drilling inside the Mexican crater site where it’s believed that an asteroid impact 66 million years ago caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. The ...
Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics theorize that a comet, not an asteroid, is to blame for killing off the dinosaurs on Earth. In a press release, researchers said the Chicxulub impactor ...
After years of detective work, University geosciences professor Gerta Keller and her colleagues have found that an intensive period of volcanic eruptions and a series of asteroid impacts likely ended ...
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world ...