The huge asteroid that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not alone, scientists have confirmed. A second, smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West ...

But keep in mind that Bennu is much smaller than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, and it is extremely unlikely that it would crash into our planet. Nevertheless, to prepare for potentially ...

The extinction of the dinosaurs has been a hotly debated topic for decades, and whether it was an asteroid, a volcanic eruption or even poisonous plant species. But researchers have found hard ...

Where that asteroid or comet came from ... co-author of the study. “The fate of the dinosaurs and many other species was sealed by this projectile from the outer reaches of the solar system.” ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape of ... According to scientists who maintain that dinosaur extinction came quickly, the impact must have spelled the cataclysmic ...

This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...

(Henry Sharpe) (CN) — An international team of paleontologists and ecologists hope their study, published Wednesday in Science Advances, will resolve the ongoing debate on the dinosaurs’ status before ...

The Chicxulub asteroid strike is well-known for its role in dinosaur extinction, but new findings suggest it might have been part of a duo. A second asteroid impact might have occurred around the ...

About 66 million years ago, a massive space rock hit Earth and killed almost all the dinosaurs. A team of researchers is learning more about where the asteroid came from. Each asteroid is made of ...

DINOSAURS survived a spate of violent volcanic eruptions often blamed for their extinction, a study has found. It adds further weight to the belief that they were killed off by an asteroid ...