While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, impacted.

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or ... impact that created this crater occurred 65 million years ago. The date corresponds perfectly to the date of the dinosaur extinction.

This crater, formed by an asteroid estimated to be around a ... to our understanding of the events that led to the extinction of dinosaurs. Meanwhile, ESA’s Hera mission will continue to build ...

This cataclysmic event left behind the infamous Chicxulub crater, which is buried ... have strongly shown that this asteroid was the culprit for the dinosaur extinction. Researchers particularly ...

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

The Chicxulub asteroid strike is well-known for its role in dinosaur extinction, but new findings ... Asteroid Impact A lesser-known crater, the Nadir, was discovered off the coast ...

The massive asteroid that struck Earth and triggered the mass extinction of the dinosaurs is the reason we’re all here today, and if a new report on the impact is correct, it managing to ...

Evidence suggests an asteroid impact was the main culprit. Volcanic eruptions that caused large-scale climate change may also have been involved, together with more gradual changes to Earth's climate ...

Forensic Analysis of Impact Scientists used chemical analyses of rock sediments to develop a profile of the asteroid, which created the Chicxulub crater in present-day Mexico. The asteroid was ...

A study published in Nature has revealed that the mass extinction of dinosaurs ... by multiple asteroid impacts, not just one. Researchers mapped an underwater crater off the coast of Guinea ...