A large asteroid (~12 km in diameter) hit Earth 66 million years ago, likely causing the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Credit: Southwest Research Institute/Don Davis A large asteroid (~12 km in ...
In A Nutshell A Rutgers University review compared three deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites and three asteroid impact craters to assess which environment better matches conditions thought to support the ...
An artist's interpretation of life and death after the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. The three hair-covered forms (left) represent species of plankton found inside the crater made by ...