Sixty six million years ago, a colossal asteroid crashed into what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It triggered the ...

And now scientists have figured out where this dinosaur-killing rock likely came from. According to research headed by Mario Fischer-Gödde at the University of Cologne in Germany, the asteroid ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

Dinosaurs might still roam Earth if it weren't for the asteroid, study suggests Night lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid strike despite living right next to impact site ...

Space & Spaceflight Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Has a Bizarre Origin Story When the Chicxulub asteroid slammed into Earth, it set off a chain of planet-wide devastation.

And while the Chicxulub impactor doomed the dinosaurs, it simultaneously enabled the rise of mammals, including humans. So we may owe that rogue asteroid a measure of gratitude.

A new study suggests that the giant, dino-killing rock may have originated from the outer parts of the solar system.

A study reveals the chemical makeup of the Chicxulub asteroid that collided with Earth and resulted in the extinction of nearly all dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

It's well known that the reign of the dinosaurs came to an end when a giant asteroid smashed into Earth 66 million years ago. But a new study suggests that this huge asteroid wasn't alone.

We Know the Origins of the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs New evidence points to a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer solar system as the culprit for Earth’s most recent mass extinction ...

This type of asteroid is one of the oldest known, having formed billions of years ago in the early solar system. As these chondrites can only come from asteroids found beyond Jupiter, it suggests that ...

The extinction of the dinosaurs has been a hotly debated topic for decades, and whether it was an asteroid, a volcanic eruption or even poisonous plant species. But researchers have found hard ...