A night lizards of the family Xantusiidae survived the giant asteroid strike that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago near the epicenter of the impact. Remarkably, these reptiles ...

Find out the best stops along Route 66 on a Chicago to Los Angeles (or Los Angeles to Chicago) driving trip across the USA.

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 ...

Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite living near the impact site in Mexico.

YR4 may strike the moon in 2032, posing risks to satellites from lunar ejecta and possibly causing a brief meteor shower.

Meteor craters are incredible reminders of the powerful forces of nature and the history of our planet. These massive impact ...

But if it hits, the resulting crater could be visible from Earth with the right telescope, and would offer a rare real-time look at how these features form. We’ll know more in 2028, when the ...

Remember that “city-killer” asteroid that was expected to land in Pakistan by 2032? Well, there's good news that it won't hit Pakistan, but the bad news is that it will now likely hit the Moon. The ...

The attraction, 13 minutes northeast of Meteor Crater Natural Landmark on Interstate 40, has a revamped dinosaur drive, Western town, gift shop, games and more. Opening day festivities included ...

The Barringer Crater America’s Best-Preserved Impact Site. ... The Vredefort Crater in South Africa is the largest known impact structure on Earth, ... Formed by a meteor around 300,000 years ago, the ...