Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, flying at 27,000 mph (43,000 km/h), slammed directly into Earth. The impact ...

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

Imagine a world where dinosaurs and humans coexist. This might have happened had the asteroid not hit Earth millions of years ago.

Mysterious night lizards survived the giant asteroid strike that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, and they still live there today, a new study finds. Thanks to a new evolutionary ...

When a city-size asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs — and sent a monster tsunami rippling around the planet, according to new research. The asteroid, about ...

Late Cretaceous dinosaurs may have cut back vegetation, creating large floodplains. When the asteroid hit, those floodplains ...

The fish were found with hot glass in their gills, likely from flaming debris. The discovery of a fossilized fish may offer a glimpse into the day an asteroid hit the earth and wiped dinosaurs off the ...

Rock layers deposited before and after the major dinosaur extinction event 65 million years ago are surprisingly different.

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