Sixty-six million years ago, a single asteroid hit Earth in the Yucatán Peninsula and killed off the dinosaurs. The disaster ...

The first anomalous thing people living in Manson noticed was the water. Iowa’s groundwater typically has a fairly high ...

Life on Earth may have begun with a gift from a comet. Its existence was once threatened by an asteroid. Its future may ...

A giant asteroid impact ended the age of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. How did this mass extinction play out, moment by ...

The extinct rhinoceros, described in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, is the northernmost rhino known to have ever walked the planet — and it’s already reshaping scientists’ understanding of ...

Scientists are uncovering signs that Earth has been hit by powerful cosmic blasts that leave little trace on the surface yet ...

"It sounds like science fiction or the stuff of Hollywood movies." NEW YORK — The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City has opened a new exhibition that takes a multidisciplinary ...

The end of the dinosaurs was clearly linked to an asteroid impact that brought the Cretaceous period to a close. But the details of their end have remained a matter of debate since the impact crater ...

The impactor believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs and other life forms on Earth some 66 million years ago likely came from the outer half of the main asteroid belt, a region previously thought to ...

Megaraptorans were known for their elongated skulls and powerful claws. Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered a new predatory dinosaur -- the fossils of which contained a crocodile bone within ...

This deep-dive explores the Chicxulub impact crater and what’s left of the dinosaur-killer asteroid today. Supreme Court issues major announcement Jennifer Aniston Reacts to Learning Reese Witherspoon ...