Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...
New dating techniques of a century-old fossil site in New Mexico dispel the theory that dinosaurs were already in decline ...
The end of the dinosaurs was clearly linked to an asteroid impact that brought the Cretaceous period to a close. But the ...
The great mass extinctions -- The impact hypothesis -- The controversy -- In search of the crater -- The discovery of Chicxulub crater -- Scenario of a catastrophe -- Impacts and other extinctions -- ...
Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics theorize that a comet, not an asteroid, is to blame for killing off the dinosaurs on Earth. In a press release, researchers said the Chicxulub impactor ...
What can a 66-million-year-old impact crater reveal about the past and future of life on Earth? Dr. Sean Gulick explores the science behind one of the most dramatic events in Earth’s history, the ...
A geology professor who joined the New Mexico State University faculty this year is the lead author of a new paper addressing ...
History of the discoveries of dinosaurs and Mesozoic reptiles in Mexico / Jose Ruben Guzman-Gutierrez and Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva -- Paleogeography and paleoenvironment of Mexico during the Mesozoic / ...