In this hypothetical scenario, the Chicxulub impactor returns and heads directly toward Earth. The asteroid is estimated at 10–20 km wide and strikes at roughly 20 km/s. The impact releases an ...

The asteroid impact that led to the mass extinction of dinosaurs about 66 million years ago also triggered massive earthquakes across the planet that lasted for "weeks to months," according to new ...

We now have a clearer picture of what happened in the decades following the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of almost all dinosaurs ...

A decades-long mystery beneath the North Sea has finally been solved. Scientists have confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, ...