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.

For centuries, cenotes have held a mystique that captivates adventurers, historians, and spiritual seekers alike.

Two massive asteroid impacts 35.65 million years ago left significant craters but caused no long-term climate changes, ...

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

A 10-km wide asteroid fell out of space and smashed into what is now the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. It left a ...

Impacts from large near-Earth objects are generally rare over a typical human lifetime. But they’re more frequent on a geological timescale of millions to billions of years. The best example may be a ...

The project, which gave astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects, ended its mission and re-entered the atmosphere ...

Two massive asteroid impacts 35.65 million years ago caused craters but no long-term climate changes, a UCL study reveals.

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

ALBAWABA - The NASA NEOWISE project came to an end after more than ten years of helping astronomers keep an eye on near-Earth ...

"Modelling studies of the larger Chicxulub impact, which killed off the dinosaurs ... The larger of the two, which created the Popigai crater, was about as wide as Everest is tall. In addition to ...