Two enormous asteroids that struck Earth about 36 million years ago did not cause any long-lasting ... swerve in the 150,000 years following the asteroid strikes, according to the new study.

Chicxulub is the asteroid impact that wiped out the non ... Two asteroids that were almost as big fell to Earth 35.65 million years ago, but their effect was very different. Despite the ...

A mass extinction is when big percentage of all species die off. The best-known mass extinction is probably the one that ...

Massive volcanic eruptions have been linked to the demise of the dinosaurs. However, a new climate study shows that the ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape ... struck just off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula 65 million years ago. According to scientists who maintain that dinosaur ...

Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting ... in the United States -- the fourth and fifth largest known asteroid craters on Earth.