One of the deepest scars on our planet is hidden beneath the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. The buried crater, over 90 miles in diameter, was created when a massive asteroid struck the ...

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The Mass Extinction That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Almost 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth – and changed our planet forever. From tsunamis to shockwaves, join us on a journey through ...

Did dinosaurs lose their dominance suddenly or gradually? Some scientists think the answer lies locked within the remnants of long-dormant volcanoes. Massive beds of ancient lava found around the ...

Viewers can learn more about the collision in Dinosaurs: The Final Day when it airs on Friday 15 April, including the amazing finds made at the Tanis fossil site in North Dakota, USA. But how much ...

According to scientists who maintain that dinosaur extinction came quickly, the impact must have spelled the cataclysmic end. For months, scientists conclude, dense clouds of dust blocked the sun ...

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 ...

Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction The Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago filled the sky with fine silicate dust, which blocked out sunlight and lingered for ...