A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago At the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million years ago, an ...
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This 150-kilometer-wide crater lies just off the Yucatan peninsula. Scientists calculate that it was blasted into Earth by a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid or comet traveling 30 kilometers per second ...
Scientists have found an extraordinary snapshot of the fallout from the asteroid impact that wiped ... of the crater lies partly under Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula A 12km-wide object dug a hole ...
That's surprising because the asteroid would have hit a seafloor ... Tim Peake/Nasa/ESA Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula viewed from the International Space Station So much sulphur mixed with water ...
Researchers say they are surprised to discover that two massive asteroids that slammed into the Earth 35 million years ago caused no real climate impact. These asteroids, while smaller than the ...
Taking off from Mérida’s airport, in Mexico’s southeastern Yucatán state, offers some breathtaking views: the emerald waters ...
Taking off from Mérida’s airport, in Mexico’s southeastern Yucatán state, offers some breathtaking views: the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the unusual geography shaped by an asteroid millions ...
Taking off from Mérida’s airport, in Mexico’s southeastern Yucatán state, offers some breathtaking views: the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the unusual geography shaped by ...