The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what's now the Yucatan Peninsula.

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all ...

Cores extracted from the impact crater revealed evidence of an ancient, life-nurturing hydrothermal system in the wake of the ...

The Chicxulub asteroid crater supported marine life for 700,000 years, showing that some mass extinction events may help life ...

A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

"After the asteroid impact, the Gulf of Mexico records an ecological recovery process that is quite different from that of the global ocean, as continuous hydrothermal activity has created a ...

Small fossils show mammals moved to the ground before the dinosaurs vanished. New plants changed habitats, giving better food ...

For decades, the prevailing theory behind the mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs has pointed to a ...

But for the world’s planetary defense groups, the frenzy of activity for the ... better estimates of the asteroid’s trajectory had already ruled out a 2032 impact. Thankfully, the improved ...

Once every thousand years, NASA is concerned about the Moon's impending danger. Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses threat to Moon. Earth is ruled out.