Two new studies suggest that, contrary to longstanding belief, dinosaurs were not on the decline before the Chicxulub ...

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact wiped out ...

A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...

Ceres is the largest 'asteroid' in our solar system, big enough that it's actually classified as a dwarf planet, like Pluto.

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities.

Fossils from New Mexico change how we look at dinosaur history.

Unraveling the mysteries of how the world might end is fascinating and terrifying. It's a topic that sparks our imagination, ...

What really happened around the time when the asteroid smashed into Earth 66 million years ago? Scientists may finally have the answer.

Of all the mysteries surrounding dinosaurs, none has sparked more debate than how their era ended—was it a gradual decline or a sudden catastrophe? A new study led by Andrew Flynn of New Mexico State ...

Known as Nanotyrannus lancensis, this new dinosaur was a distant cousin of T.Rex, according to researchers from North ...

Astronomers have identified a skyscraper-sized asteroid, 2025 SC79, orbiting incredibly close to the Sun and at a near-record speed. This 'twilight as ...