As the news headlines told of economic woes, warfare negotiations, and disease outbreaks, five of us drove two hours northwest from Houston. We were off to seek something that would put those troubles ...

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a huge asteroid famously hit the Earth, causing the extinction of dinosaurs and about half of ...

One of the worst days in the history of life on Earth started like any other. Herds of hadrosaurs with huge head crests and duck bills roamed ancient New Mexico for plants to eat, making sure not to ...

Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics theorize that a comet, not an asteroid, is to blame for killing off the dinosaurs on Earth. In a press release, researchers said the Chicxulub impactor ...

Every school child knows the dinosaurs were killed off by an asteroid smashing into the Earth some 66 million years ago. But scientists say the story may not be quite that simple, and that massive ...

Fossilized spores confirm that legions of fungi made a meal of Earth’s dying dinosaurs.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) praised President Donald Trump’s teased healthcare plan, comparing its effect to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Speaking on Tuesday after Trump said he would pursue ...

Update on 20 September 2011: Infrared observations by NASA’s WISE satellite suggest a member of the Baptistina family of asteroids could not have been responsible for the impact that killed the ...