The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what's now the Yucatan Peninsula.

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the crater it left behind in the Gulf of Mexico was a ...

What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...

In the southwestern state of Arizona, the road unfurls for 385 miles from the Painted Cliffs of Lupton on the New Mexico border ... Located near Winslow, Meteor Crater measures 550 feet deep ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a city-sized asteroid slammed into Earth near today’s Yucatán Peninsula, blasting out a huge crater named Chicxulub and ... from prolonged environmental collapse, the Gulf ...

In 2016, a scientific drilling expedition to the Gulf of Mexico extracted approximately 2,720 feet (829 meters) of core from the ancient crater. By analyzing this core, Sato and her colleagues ...

Chicxulub Impact Crater (top left), Gulf of Mexico, Image by O.V.E.R.V.I.E.W., CC BY 2.0 https ... Located in Arizona, USA, Meteor Crater is one of the best-preserved impact sites on Earth. Formed ...

As if we did not already have enough to worry about, astronomers recently discovered an asteroid that may hit the Earth. Based on observations of its orbit, Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...