The huge asteroid that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not alone, scientists have confirmed. A second, smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West ...

Today, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is casually ...

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 ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape of ... climatic extremes caused the extinction of not just the dinosaurs, but of up to 70 percent of all plants and animals living ...

About 66 million years ago, a massive space rock hit Earth and killed almost all the dinosaurs. A team of researchers is learning more about where the asteroid came from. Each asteroid is made of ...

“The fate of the dinosaurs ... of an asteroid to Earth will occur on Friday, April 13, 2029, when Asteroid Apophis—at about 1,230 feet (375 meters) across, larger than 90% of space rocks ...

A softshell turtle climbs up on a log, unaware that its freshwater ecology will shelter it from the impending doom from space. (Henry Sharpe ... will resolve the ongoing debate on the dinosaurs’ ...

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

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid ... Has anyone ever been killed by a meteoroid impact? There are no confirmed reports of a human death being caused by rocks from space.

What killed off the dinosaurs -- was it the Chicxulub meteorite ... "By comparison, the impact from the asteroid unleashed a chain of disasters, including wildfires, earthquakes, tsunamis, and ...

DINOSAURS survived a spate of violent volcanic eruptions often blamed for their extinction, a study has found. It adds further weight to the belief that they were killed off by an asteroid ...