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

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

That’s because the site, known as the Chicxulub crater, was ground zero for the mass extinction that brought the age of dinosaurs to ... implicated the ancient asteroid. In 2010, a group of ...

The crater’s age is estimated to be ... in the air – such as the meteor that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, or the ...

A cataclysmic asteroid ... extinction event globally, because of all the atmospheric effects,” Gulick says. “But it also turns out to be beneficial to life, at least locally.” Even though the ...

The CNSA said the Tianwen 2 mission is expected to accomplish multiple objectives through a single expedition, including the ...

Epicurus, Greek classical philosopher, cosmologist, Karl Marx’s influencer and god sceptic, contemplated intelligent life on ...

The Vatican Observatory is teaming up with global scientists to help defend Earth from asteroid impacts! Yes, planetary ...

Mass extinctions clearly upend the status quo. Now, our ocean floors are dominated by clams burrowed into sand and mud, the ...

While we often think about the impact of life on land, such as the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs, the asteroid strike also had a severe impact on life in the sea. "We know that the asteroid ...

A new study challenges long-held assumptions about survival following a global catastrophe. If you're an animal trying to survive a mass extinction, your best bet might be to carve out a truly unique ...

Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...