The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 ...

Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite ...

The asteroid left a crater over 150 kilometres wide, centred just off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. It was named after Chicxulub Pueblo, a small town close to this point.

Asteroid dust found at Chicxulub Crater confirms cause of dinosaurs ... barreled through Earth’s atmosphere and slammed into the shallow waters off the Yucatán Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sixty-six million years ago, the story of life on Earth took a dramatic turn when an asteroid collided with what’s now the Yucatán Peninsula in Chicxulub, Mexico.

The asteroid struck Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, erasing three-quarters of the world's species and causing wildfires, quakes, a massive shock wave in the air and huge standing ...

If you've ever visited the Riviera Maya (or did a little research into a potential trip), you probably know a thing or two ...

An illustration of a large asteroid colliding with Earth on the Yucatan Peninsula in what is modern-day Mexico. Mark Garlick / Science Photo Libra via Getty Images Aug. 16, 2024, 4:07 PM EDT ...

Capital Weather Gang 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 ...

The asteroid that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago probably came from the outer solar system. Skip to main content Your source for the latest research news ...

A study reveals the chemical makeup of the Chicxulub asteroid that collided with Earth and resulted in the extinction of nearly all dinosaurs 66 million years ago.