Artwork: The impact ... the asteroid impact on Earth 66 million years ago. The event is blamed for the demise of three-quarters of plant and animal species, including the dinosaurs.
Did a collision with a giant asteroid ... that the impact that created this crater occurred 65 million years ago. The date corresponds perfectly to the date of the dinosaur extinction.
A crater at the edge of the Yucatán ... Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction The Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago filled the sky with fine silicate dust ...
Was it the asteroid or colossal volcanism that initiated the demise of the dinosaurs ... the impact event is exactly contemporaneous with the extinction." Investigations of a 200km-wide crater ...
Scientists have long known that an asteroid slammed in Earth and created the Chicxulub Crater, which contributed to the dinosaurs ... asteroid impact were more responsible for the extinction ...
A study published in Nature has revealed that the mass extinction of dinosaurs ... by multiple asteroid impacts, not just one. Researchers mapped an underwater crater off the coast of Guinea ...
The Chicxulub asteroid strike is well-known for its role in dinosaur extinction ... New Evidence of a Second Asteroid Impact A lesser-known crater, the Nadir, was discovered off the ...
Forensic Analysis of Impact Scientists used chemical analyses of rock sediments to develop a profile of the asteroid, which created the Chicxulub crater in present-day Mexico. The asteroid was ...