The Chicxulub crater, located off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, is one of the most significant geological ...

Learn more about how this hydrothermal system may have provided life on Earth with vital nutrients after the dino-killing ...

A massive asteroid, expected to be larger than San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, will pass close to Earth on June 5.

A colossal asteroid, larger than San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, is set to pass near Earth on June 5, ranking among the top 3% in size.

DG5 is classified within the Apollo group—asteroids characterized by orbits that cross Earth's trajectory around the Sun. It ...

Some 66 million years ago, a six-mile wide asteroid slammed into the ocean off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, carving out a 110-mile wide crater known as Chicxulub. In an instant ...

Pollen grains are far more than allergens – they are nature’s time capsules, preserving clues about Earth’s past environments ...

NASA tracks five near-Earth asteroids flying close to our planet this week. Despite their size, none pose a threat for at ...

The 1991 discovery of the Chicxulub crater off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula provided the smoking gun. Research since then has only further implicated the ancient asteroid. In 2010, a group of 41 ...