Investigate how an asteroid vanquished the dinosaurs 66 million years ago Join scientists as they drill into the impact crater and for the first time reconstruct the hell on earth that unfolded in ...

"It was only after the extinction of the dinosaurs that grapes started taking over the world." Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The extinction of ...

The Mass Extinction That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Almost 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth – and changed our planet forever. From tsunamis to shockwaves, join us on a journey through ...

On one infamous day in the late Cretaceous period ... bang” of modern bird evolution only after the rest of the dinosaurs died. For years the debate was as contentious as asking whether ...

Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the ...

According to scientists who maintain that dinosaur extinction came quickly, the impact must have spelled the cataclysmic end. For months, scientists conclude, dense clouds of dust blocked the sun ...

But then 66 million years ago, over a relatively short time, dinosaurs disappeared completely (except for birds). Many other animals also died out, including pterosaurs, large marine reptiles, and ...