Everyone knows of the asteroid that spelled the end of all non-avian dinosaurs—the Chicxulub impactor—but a new study shows ...

Volcanic activity in India altered the climate but didn't kill the dinosaurs; the Chicxulub meteorite did, by triggering an ...

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The Chicxulub meteorite impact, rather than volcanic activity, was the principal driver behind the extinction of the ...

For many, the matter is settled – and there’s a huge crater down in Mexico to act as evidence. However, a minority of experts ...

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The scientists therefore conclude that the meteorite impact was the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event. What ...

An asteroid or comet struck near Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, forming the 110-mile (180-kilometer) wide Chicxulub crater. This event likely triggered an impact winter ...

Asteroid impacts have changed Earth’s landscape time and time again. Some impacts caused great change to occur, like the Chicxulub Impactor, which led to the mass extinction of dinosaurs around 65 ...

"Modelling studies of the larger Chicxulub impact, whichkilled off the dinosaurs,also suggest a shift in climate on a much smaller time scale of less than 25 years. "So we still need to know what ...