The asteroid impact in Mexico left deposits similar to those made by other asteroids from the outer solar system.

New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly ...

This, remember, is the colossal event that wiped out the dinosaurs ... B612/Asteroid Day Mexico's famous sinkholes (cenotes) have formed in weakened limestone overlying the crater "It is ...

way before the dinosaur-killing impact. Finding ruthenium in the Chicxulub crater samples eliminates other meteorite types and supports the hypothesis that the Chicxulub asteroid came from the ...

Earth sciences professor at Western University Dr Gordon Osinski told CBC that circular structures are often spotted on ...

A camper scrolling through Google Maps has stumbled upon what could be a crater caused by a giant asteroid impact in Canada. Joël Lapointe discovered the likely crater with a spherical pit of about ...

A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago At the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million years ago, an ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet ... impact that created this crater occurred 65 million years ago. The date corresponds perfectly to the date of the dinosaur extinction.

Scientists have found an extraordinary snapshot of the fallout from the asteroid ... day of the dinosaurs - this is it," he told BBC News. The outer rim (white arc) of the crater lies partly ...

About 66 million years ago, a city-sized asteroid struck Earth, creating a 100-mile-wide crater in Mexico and causing the ...

Asteroids, volcanic eruptions and poisonous plant species: the extinction of the dinosaurs has ... Earth's climate along with asteroid-specific minerals like iridium at the crater in Chicxulub ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet ... impact that created this crater occurred 65 million years ago. The date corresponds perfectly to the date of the dinosaur extinction.