Pretty much everyone knows that a giant asteroid led to the demise of dinosaurs on Earth – as well as a bunch of other ...

Artwork: The impact hit with the energy equivalent ... The outer rim (white arc) of the crater lies under the Yucatan Peninsula itself, but the inner peak ring is best accessed offshore A 12km ...

Chicxulub Crater - The impact that changed life on Earth The outer rim (white arc) of the crater lies under the Yucatan Peninsula A 12km-wide object dug a hole in Earth's crust 100km across and ...

One is about 100 microns in size (Natalie Cheng / Bridget Wade) She noted that research into the Yucatan asteroid strike, also known as the Chicxulub impact crater, suggests a shift during less ...

A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula ... Plumes of sulphur-based gases and fine dust blocked out the sun, causing an “impact winter” that lasted for 15 years. Sun-blocking dust ...

This 150-kilometer-wide crater lies just off the Yucatan peninsula ... Scientists have concluded that the impact that created this crater occurred 65 million years ago. The date corresponds ...

It was widely accepted that the Chicxulub meteorite impact was a major cause, as is evidenced by a vast 93 mile wide crater beneath the Yucatan Peninsula. This is possibly the best known of the five ...

Most at risk from these operations is the Ring of Cenotes Geohydrological Reserve, located in Homún on a site of global importance where the Chicxulub impact crater hit Earth 65 million years ago and ...