Seventy-five percent of life on Earth was obliterated after the asteroid impact at Chicxulub, which took place 66 million years ago. Until now, scientists have proposed various theories about the ...

Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the estimated sulfur release and its effects on the Earth's climate. This new ...

科学家重新评估了6600万年前撞击地球的Chicxulub小行星的灾难性撞击，修正了硫磺释放量的估计值及其对地球气候的影响。这一新数据表明，撞击造成的冬季气候较为温和，这为一些物种如何在剧烈变化中幸存下来提供了启示。 大约 6600 ...

A local fossil hunter found animal vomit at a Danish geological site that is believed to be 66 million years old.

A paleontologist hailed the discovery as "truly an unusual find," adding it helped explain the relationships in the prehistoric food chain.

The Chicxulub impactor, as it is called, was somewhere between 10 and 15 kilometres in diameter. The collision was devastating: rocks from deep within Earth’s crust were raised 25 kilometres ...

Asteroids have significantly impacted Earth's history through numerous collisions, shaping the planet's geography and ...

Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid, estimated to be 10-15 kilometer in diameter, struck the Yucatán Peninsula (in current-day Mexico), creating a 200-kilometer-wide impact ...

Few geological events fascinate as much as the one that happened 66 million years ago. Evidence suggests a huge asteroid hit our planet, triggering a chain of events that led to... Some 66 million ...

An asteroid doesn't need to be massive to cause serious damage. The Chicxulub asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 6 miles in diameter. That may sound like a ...