About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all ...

The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what's now the Yucatan Peninsula.

The Chicxulub asteroid crater supported marine life for 700,000 years, showing that some mass extinction events may help life ...

Cores extracted from the impact crater revealed evidence of an ancient, life-nurturing hydrothermal system in the wake of the ...

What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...

Fishing piers extend into the Gulf, where locals cast their lines from sunrise to ... Wetumpka’s claim to fame is that it sits in the center of an ancient meteor crater. That’s right – about 85 ...

The fishing piers extend like welcoming arms into the Gulf waters, where locals patiently ... Wetumpka sits in an ancient impact crater formed about 85 million years ago when a massive meteor slammed ...