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A depiction of an asteroid heading toward Earth, with the moon in the background. (Image credit: Juan Gartner via Getty Images)

A massive asteroid slammed into the North Sea and triggered a...

Some examples of “geraisites,” named after the state of Minas Gerais where they were found, in their different forms (photo: Álvaro Penteado Crósta/IG-UNICAMP)

Impact-formed glass evidence of cosmic collision in Brazil about 6 million...

A depiction of an asteroid heading toward Earth, with the moon in the background. (Image credit: Juan Gartner via Getty Images)

The largest meteorite impacts on Earth

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Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered global tsunami that scoured seafloor thousands of miles...

Earth is bombarded at random-GeologyPage

More than one asteroid could have spelled doom for the dinosaurs

A chimpanzee in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

Primates’ ancestors may have left trees to survive asteroid

URI graduate student Reilly Hayes (left) and undergraduate Amanda Bednarick examine an outcrop for fossils at Petrified Forest National Park as part of their research. Credit: Amanda Bednarick

Asteroid, climate change not responsible for mass extinction 215 million years...

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Asteroid impact enriches certain elements in seawater

The Yarrabubba Impact Structure.

Earth’s oldest asteroid strike linked to ‘big thaw’

A world map that shows where similary platinum spikes have been discovered in the world. The latest discovery is at the Wonderkrater site in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Credit: Francis Thackeray/Wits University

New research supports hypothesis that asteroid contributed to mass extinction

Illustration of the giant asteroid collision in outer space that produced the dust that led to an ice age on Earth. Credit: (c) Don Davis, Southwest Research Institute

Dust from a giant asteroid crash caused an ancient ice age

An artist's interpretation of the asteroid impact that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs. Credit: NASA/Don Davis.

Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction

A model for the compositional evolution of the early Earth's crust due to fractional crystallization of impact melt sheets followed by detachment and sinking of their dense primitive portions towards the crust-mantle boundary. Credit: Rais Latypov

Ancient asteroid impacts played a role in creation of Earth’s future...

Image depicts the change in impact rate modeled in this paper. Some of the craters used in the study on both the moon and Earth are highlighted in the background. Credit: Data from NASA GSFC / LRO / Arizona State University; Artwork by Rebecca Ghent

Scientists find increase in asteroid impacts on ancient Earth by studying...

A mile-long sediment core drilled by the International Ocean Discovery Program helped researchers uncover how the Chicxulub crater formed.

Crater from asteroid that killed the dinosaurs reveals how broken rocks...

Asteroid impact earth

Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life

A simulation of the crater and impact plume formed eight seconds after the Chicxulub impact at 45 degrees.

Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth’s climate more than previously thought

Dino-killing asteroid’s impact on bird evolution

Dino-killing asteroid could have thrust Earth into two years of darkness

10 Biggest Impact Craters on Earth

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