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

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

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 ...

Ruthenium is common in asteroids but rare on Earth, enabling scientists to confirm that the element in the samples came exclusively from the impactor at Chicxulub. The study’s lead author ...

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

Related: Earth vulnerable to major asteroid strike, White House science chief says The larger of the two asteroids, which was still smaller than the Chicxulub impactor that wiped most dinosaurs ...

This pales in comparison to the size of the 6- to 9-mile-wide (10 to 15 kilometers) Chicxulub impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs, but they would still pack a significant punch. Their small size ...