In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

Nov. 20, 2024 — Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of paleontologists prefer drumsticks. That part of the leg, they say ...

Volcanic activity in India altered the climate but didn't kill the dinosaurs; the Chicxulub meteorite did, by triggering an ...

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season instead brought mass death and carnage from Earth's catastrophic impact with a ...

They’ve lived through the ice age, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and brushed off an atomic blast just a mile away ...

Discover why scientists now believe volcanic eruptions did not play a role in the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

For decades, scientists believed a single asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. However, recent research has sparked discussions ...

For many, the matter is settled – and there’s a huge crater down in Mexico to act as evidence. However, a minority of experts ...

NASA has warned that a giant asteroid the size of a 10-story building will be whizzing right past us tonight. dimazel - stock.adobe.com Are we about to get Jingle Bell rock-ed? Santa Claus isn’t ...

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

the asteroid that struck the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago led to the extinction of 75 percent of Earth's species, including the dinosaurs. Asteroid 2024 XN1 is the largest of the next ...