Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

The extra column this month was spurred by the global news of the probability of an impact by asteroid 2024 YR4 in 2032 ...

Seismic data reveals megaripples in Louisiana, formed by the Chicxulub asteroid’s tsunami 66 million years ago.

In 2021, a team led by Dr Gary Kinsland of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette found evidence that the impact and resulting tsunami left "megaripples" of sediment 16 meters (53 feet) high and 600 ...

The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...

The incredible aftermath of the Chicxulub asteroid impact—one of the most cataclysmic events in Earth’s history—is unfolding beneath the seafloor of Louisiana. New research has uncovered massive ...

Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation ...

What a difference 30 minutes made! Barry Evans (he/him, [email protected]) is reminded that the odds against his birth ...

The new Argentine dino might give us clues to what the world was like before the asteroid wiped out their kind.

Researchers uncover the oldest asteroid crater in Australia, revealing its role in shaping Earth’s ancient climate.

February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, ...