Sen captured footage from space on Saturday showing the world’s largest impact craters. The satellite video offered a ...

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We know the main reason that the age of the dinosaurs came to an end: an asteroid impact on the Yucatán Peninsula some 66 million years ago. But how the dinosaurs’ reign began is far less clear—and ...

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A new scientific study reveals that life recovered much faster than expected after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

When the Chicxulub impactor hit, the animals that had the best chance of surviving turned out to be those with wings. See how new finds are reshaping the story of how birds evolved.

A massive meteor struck near Manson, Iowa, 74 million years ago, creating the U.S.'s largest impact crater and reshaping the region's geology and water quality in profound ways.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows marine life evolved within 2,000 years after the dinosaur killing asteroid impact 66 million years ago. (CREDIT ...

The asteroid strike 66 million years ago is famous for leading the dinosaurs to extinction. But it didn’t only destroy. According to new research, it also opened the door for life to restart and ...

This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history is still visible and ...

The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new ...