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

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

A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...

Mysterious night lizards survived the giant asteroid strike that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, despite living right next to the impact site, a new study finds. Thanks to a new ...

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 ...

Scientists discover there wasn’t just one asteroid which killed dinosaurs – after 66 million years - Evidence of a second ...

The end-Cretaceous extinction—the massive extinction event widely attributed to an asteroid impact that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs approximately 66 million years ago—had a profound impact on ...

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

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.