The site has been discovered in the dinosaur-rich ‘badlands’ of the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota. Chicxulub ejecta (microtektites, impact-melt glass) is found at the site within the event ...

Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the Earth’s ...

Some of the asteroids appeared to have hit in the form of "thousands of tiny droplets of glass, or silica." The silica likely ...

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 ...

Scientists have found an extraordinary snapshot of the fallout from the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Excavations in North Dakota reveal fossils of fish and ...

Some of the asteroids appeared to have hit in the form of "thousands of tiny droplets of glass, or silica." The silica likely vaporized from the heat of the asteroid then formed into solid droplets ...

The model also revealed that the Chicxulub impact, when the Earth's surface and shape are considered, would have likely been too small to cause the Deccan Traps. Advanced Search Home ...

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