Dinosaurs weren't in decline when an asteroid smashed into Earth and wiped them out, scientists say. Instead, the idea that dinosaur diversity was declining before the asteroid struck 66 million years ...
German scientists think they've cracked the case on the origins of the giant asteroid that all but wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Now, a team of geoscientists from the University of ...
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Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, flying at 27,000 mph (43,000 km/h), slammed directly into Earth. The impact ...
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 ...
The phrase "as dead as the dinosaurs" is an unfortunate one. Not only are the dinosaurs alive and well (they're known as "birds" these days), but it also implies the famed dinosaur giants from the ...
AUSTIN, Texas — The most detailed three-dimensional seismic images yet of the Chicxulub crater, a mostly submerged and buried impact crater on the Mexico coast, may modify a theory explaining the ...
A depiction of a large asteroid impacting Earth some 66 million years ago. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images A menacing asteroid, some six miles wide, triggered Earth's last ...
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Scientists have long debated whether dinosaur populations were already on the decline before an asteroid dealt the final blow. Mark Stevenson/Universal Images Group/Collection Mix: Subjects/Getty ...
An ancient predatory dinosaur that lived 220 million years ago, Maleriraptor kuttyi, redefines carnivorous dinosaurs' origin ...