Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs triggered ‘megatsunami,’ with mile-high waves. For the first time, scientists were able to simulate the tsunami that struck 66 million years ago.

The cataclysmic asteroid Chicxulub hit the Earth with a catastrophic impact, it obliterated the biggest and heaviest living ...

Scientists think they know the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs German scientists found evidence that the space rock came from the outer limits of our solar system, well beyond ...

WASHINGTON — The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also brought opportunities for new life. Scientists have found that after the asteroid wiped out many plants, ants started farming fungi to ...

Finally, of course, this may just be a coincidence. We do expect a collision of a Nadir-sized asteroid every 700,000 years or so. For now, however, we cannot definitively state that the Nadir crater ...

Some 66 million years ago, an errant asteroid wiped out three-quarters of all plant and animal species on Earth, most notably taking down the dinosaurs. That has long been the scientific consensus.

SPACE scientists have traced back the origins of the cataclysmic asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66million years ago. The ruinous rock – thought to be at least six miles wide – li… ...

Dailymotion. The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was not alone. Posted: October 4, 2024 | Last updated: October 4, 2024. Scientists think that a second asteroid crashed into the Earth at the ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

German scientists think they've cracked the case on the origins of the giant asteroid that all but wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Now, a team of geoscientists from the University of ...

A catastrophic asteroid impact 66 million years ago wiped out 75% of species on Earth, including the nonavian dinosaurs. (Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) ...