Key Takeaways With 3I/ATLAS hidden by the sun’s glare, insurers risk a dangerous lull in risk planning. Scientists warn Apophis will pass within satellite orbits in 2029, underscoring the need for ...

Hildebrand co-authored the paper that published the discovery of the Chicxulub crater in 1991, and that work provided major ...

Artist's rendering of the Chicxulub asteroid entering Earth's atmosphere 66 million years ago, triggering events that caused a mass extermination. Roger Harris/Science Photo library via Getty Images ...

The extinction of dinosaurs reshaped rivers, forests, and landscapes—changes still recorded in the rock layers across North America.

For more than 20 years, the Silverpit Crater deep under the North Sea has been the center of a heated scientific controversy.

Some 66 million years ago, a devastating asteroid strike is believed to have been behind the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

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

In September 2025, an X post viewed over 1 million times claimed the world's biggest meteorite impact crater was in Mexico and included a video of the purported site. The video an ...

Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and leaving a 1.9 mile (3km) wide crater under the seabed. The Silverpit Crater is ...

Around 66 million years ago, a 12-kilometre-wide asteroid travelling at 43,000 km/h crashed into Earth, triggering one of the ...

The Chicxulub impact structure in Mexico is widely believed to be the site of the asteroid impact that allegedly killed the dinosaurs. As Sergio de Régules reports, scientists are now preparing to ...

The Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction, occurring approximately 66 million years ago, represents one of the most dramatic biotic crises in Earth’s history. It is marked by the abrupt disappearance ...