A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions.

New plankton arrived just a few millennia — maybe even decades — after the Chicxulub asteroid, forcing a rethink of evolution ...

The Chicxulub impact didn’t just kill the dinosaurs — it rewrote Earth’s future . A decade-long impact winter collapsed the food chain, poisoned the atmosphere, and wiped out 70% of species. And the ...

The catastrophic impact of an asteroid 66 million years ago brought death and devastation on Earth—but also fascinating new ...

A new scientific study reveals that life recovered much faster than expected after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out almost all life, primarily the dinosaurs, which were the dominant species at the time. Life then evolved again -- at a breathtaking ...

Sixty-six million years ago, life on Earth was paid a visit by a very unwelcome guest: the Chicxulub impactor, an asteroid that infamously wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs. The state of dinosaurs ...

In September 2025, an X post (archived) viewed over 1 million times claimed the world's biggest meteorite impact crater was in Mexico and included a video of the purported site. The video and claim ...

What if we told you that the giant crater believed to have ended the reign of the dinosaurs is still here on Earth — but the actual meteor that made it? Nowhere to be found. 🌍💥 The Chicxulub Crater ...

Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact struck with such force that it carved out a vast crater, later buried ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected evolutionary survival traits. Night lizards (family Xantusiidae) survived the ...