The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...

New map of ‘mega ripples’ caused by dinosaur-killing asteroid helps recreate extinction event - Findings may help predict ...

The incredible aftermath of the Chicxulub asteroid impact—one of the most cataclysmic events in Earth’s history—is unfolding beneath the seafloor of Louisiana. New research has uncovered massive ...

Seismic data reveals megaripples in Louisiana, formed by the Chicxulub asteroid’s tsunami 66 million years ago.

Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation ...

but it wasn’t until 1990 that researchers linked it to the Cretaceous–Palaeogene extinction event. In 2022, a 9-kilometre-wide crater, made at about the same time as the Chicxulub crater ...

The Chicxulub asteroid strike is well-known for its role in dinosaur extinction, but new findings suggest it might have been part of a duo. A second asteroid impact might have occurred around ...

Now scientists have found extraordinary evidence which documents the colossal asteroid impact event. It was widely accepted that the Chicxulub meteorite impact was a major cause, as is evidenced by a ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

While such an event would be devastating ... Previous studies have extensively explored the aftermath of the much larger Chicxulub asteroid, which took place around 66 million years and was ...