However, the cooling period was brief. By approximately 20,000 years before the meteorite impact, temperatures had stabilized ...

A new study provides compelling evidence that the Chicxulub meteorite impact, rather than massive volcanic activity, was the ...

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the ...

What killed off the dinosaurs – was it the Chicxulub meteorite or did the effects of massive volcanism also play a role?

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian subcontinent have long been proposed as a possible cause for the extinction of the ...

The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a ...

A Chicxulub-sized asteroid hitting Earth today could obliterate continents, cause global tsunamis, and halve the population ...

XA1, struck Earth on Dec. 3, 2024, burning up over Siberia. It's the 11th detected before impact. No damage was reported.

The space rocks, both estimated to be no larger than 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, impacted Earth within 25,000 years of each ...

Learn how asteroid strikes may have only altered Earth's climate for about 25 years.

Even before the devastating asteroid named "Chicxulub" after its impact site off the coast of Mexico, dinosaurs and co. lived ...

Chicxulub is the asteroid impact that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs and many other living organisms across the planet 66 ...