BBC6 年
Splosh! How the dinosaur-killing asteroid made Chicxulub crater
This is the feature that is now buried under sediments in the Gulf of Mexico, close to the port of Chicxulub. The impact description - scientists call it the dynamic collapse model of crater ...
BBC5 年
The day the dinosaurs' world fell apart
Impact breccia: The rock recovered from the Chicxulub Crater tells a story Scientists have a recording of the worst day on Earth; certainly the worst day in the last 66 million years. It takes the ...
IFLScience on MSN2 个月
9-Kilometer Impact Crater Beneath Atlantic Reveals Dino-Killing Asteroid Had A Friend
The Chicxulub impactor ... fuzzy imaging to amazing high-resolution imaging of the Nadir Crater.” From these exceptional ...
CNET on MSN1 个月
The Age of Dinosaurs Ended With Not One but Two Asteroids, Scientists Now Say
Around 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs were killed by an enormous asteroid that hit what is today Chicxulub, Mexico. But ...