The deposits left by the asteroid impact at Chicxulub, Mexico, are similar to other asteroids from the outer solar system.

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An artist’s impression of a large asteroid impacting Earth at the Chicxulub site in Mexico that caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction 66 million years ago.Credit...Mark Garlick Supported by ...

The space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was a rare strike from an asteroid beyond Jupiter, a new study details. The finding pins down the nature of the fateful space rock ...

They analyzed ruthenium isotopes from the Chicxulub impact crater and concluded the impact was due to a carbonaceous-type asteroid, likely hailing from beyond Jupiter. As previously reported ...

There, a C-type asteroid formed that would give rise to what scientists call the Chicxulub impactor, which crashed into Earth and left the vast crater after which it is named. Scientists say the ...

A depiction of a large asteroid impacting Earth some 66 million years ago. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images A menacing asteroid, some six miles wide, triggered Earth's ...

In a study published August 15 in the journal American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an international research team reveals the famous Chicxulub impactor that separated the ...

The findings help resolve long-standing debates about the nature of Chicxulub impactor, reshaping our understanding of Earth's history and the extraterrestrial rocks that have collided with it.

Around 66 million years ago, a rock over 6 miles wide collided with Earth, triggering the mass extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs and leaving a giant impact crater off the coast of Mexico ...