66 million years ago, a large asteroid crashed into Earth near Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, sparking a frigid global winter that led to the mass extinction of dinosaurs who had reigned over the planet ...

The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new ...

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid with a diameter of 10 to 15 km hit the earth. The scale of this collision is one of the three in the history of the earth, and is thought to have been the cause ...

After a giant asteroid hit Earth about 66 million years ago, the planet’s climate went on a roller coaster ride. It’s not surprising that the climate heated up after the collision, which left a ...

The asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago left behind more than a legacy of mass destruction. That impact also sent superheated seawater swirling through the crust below for more than ...

For decades, the asteroid that ended the reign of the dinosaurs has stood as a symbol of total planetary devastation. But ...