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515-Kilometer-Wide Asteroid Crater Found Beneath Australia Could Be Largest Ever Known on the Planet

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 08.14.2023 04:15 AM

A geologist suggests that Australia conceals a colossal crater beneath that is potentially the world's largest, surpassing known craters. Read the article to learn more.

Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs Triggered Mile-high Tsunami Waves That Reached Halfway Across the Planet

10.05.2022 05:20 AM

The asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago and caused a mass extinction also triggered a tsunami with mile-high waves and scoured the ocean floor thousands of miles from the impact site. Read the article to learn more.

Asteroid That Hit Vredefort Crater in South Africa Was Bigger Than the One That Created the Chicxulub Crater, Researchers Claim

09.29.2022 03:02 AM

Researchers found out that the asteroid that created the Vredefort Crater was larger than previously recorded. Read on to get in-depth information about the new study.

Two Killer Asteroids Might Have Hit Chicxulub Crater, Killed Dinosaurs

08.29.2022 14:35 PM

Continue reading to learn more about the second impact that might have caused tsunamis and underwater landslides.

Nadir Crater in West Africa Suggests a Second Impact After the Chicxulub Crater From the Asteroid That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs

08.18.2022 03:12 AM

Researchers believed that the West Africa impact crater is related to Chicxulub Crater and was the second impact from the asteroid that hit the Earth and wiped off the dinosaurs. Continue reading for more details.

Dinosaur Killer Chicxulub: Is It an Asteroid or Comet? New Theory Suggests Potential Origin of Space Rock That Ended Dino Species

08.10.2021 03:08 AM

A recent planetary and astronomical findings theorized that the dinosaur killer space rock Chicxulub was a dark primitive asteroid that originiated from the inner regions of the asteroid belt.

1000-Foot Wide Asteroid Possibly Slamming Earth Discovered By Astronomers, Aftermath Scenario

06.11.2017 18:25 PM

The prospect of 1000 feet wide asteroid colliding with earth is not a pretty picture with the aftermath that will ensue. Scientists discovered the formation of asteroids that will possibly hit earth and hopes scientists will give attention to this impending danger.

Scientists Digging Deep Into Dinosaur Killing Crater

04.13.2015 17:02 PM

The catastrophic impact that ended the reign of dinosaurs on Earth has long been of interest to scientists around the world. In an attempt to learn more about what happened 65 million years ago, scientists plan to drill some 5,000 feet deep into the Chicxulub Crater, the lasting scar from this world changing event.

Getting to the Core of Extinction—Researchers Return to Crater That Caused Millions of Dinosaurs to Die

04.13.2015 15:24 PM

It’s no big surprise as to why we exited the Jurassic period. The dinosaurs and their lineage ended with a shocking crash when a catastrophic asteroid plummeted to Earth, and dust and debris blocked out the Sun. But now researchers are hoping that by going back to the site of the impact they may be able to learn a bit more about ancient biological and geological processes, and perhaps even what cosmic changes led to the asteroid’s impact.

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