For decades, the disappearance of dinosaurs has been tied to the Chicxulub asteroid, whose crater lies partly beneath ...

The extinction of the dinosaurs has been a hotly debated topic for decades, and whether it was an asteroid, a volcanic eruption or even poisonous plant species. But researchers have found hard ...

They cannot date the event exactly, or say whether it came before or after the asteroid which left the 180km-wide Chicxulub crater in Mexico. That one ended the reign of the dinosaurs. But they ...

Where that asteroid or comet came from ... co-author of the study. “The fate of the dinosaurs and many other species was sealed by this projectile from the outer reaches of the solar system.” ...

this would leave the Chicxulub meteorite impact as the primary cause of the dinosaur mass extinction. "By comparison, the impact from the asteroid unleashed a chain of disasters, including ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet ... impact that created this crater occurred 65 million years ago. The date corresponds perfectly to the date of the dinosaur extinction.

The Chicxulub asteroid strike is well-known for its role in dinosaur extinction ... of a Second Asteroid Impact A lesser-known crater, the Nadir, was discovered off the coast of West ...

For many, the matter is settled – and there’s a huge crater down in Mexico to act as evidence. However, a minority of experts ...

Dinosaurs are a group ... It's thought that the meteor hit the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico (with the area now known as the Chicxulub crater). The diameter of the impact crater is about 110 ...