NASA says an asteroid could hit earth in 2032. Here’s what you need to know
Scientists are projecting a small but significant chance that an asteroid could strike the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Asteroids ...
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Chicxulub: The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
The asteroid left a crater over 150 kilometres wide, centred just off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. It was named after Chicxulub Pueblo, a small town close to this point.
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Scientists discover massive underwater crater that is 3x larger than the Grand Canyon
About 35 million years ago, an asteroid struck the ocean off the East Coast of North America, leaving behind a massive impact ...
Asteroid could hit Earth and spark global winter as year of 'impact' pinpointed
Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...
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Stunning fossil find records the last day of the dinosaurs
It was widely accepted that the Chicxulub meteorite impact was a major cause, as is evidenced by a vast 93 mile wide crater beneath the Yucatan Peninsula. This is possibly the best known of the five ...
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Cretaceous Period
A giant crater smoldered on what would become known as the Yucatán Peninsula. Whether or not the asteroid or comet that carved the Chicxulub crater caused the extinction of more than half the ...
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Everything you need to know about dinosaurs
It's thought that the meteor hit the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico (with the area now known as the Chicxulub crater). The diameter of the impact crater is about 110 miles with a depth of 12 miles.