WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid the size of a small city smashed into the earth. This impact, the one that would lead to the end of the dinosaurs, left a scar several ...
Some 66 million years ago, an enormous asteroid struck Earth with the ferocity of millions of atomic bombs. Up to 10 miles wide, the space rock had a cataclysmic impact on our planet, triggering a ...
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid the size of a small city smashed into the earth. This impact, the one that would lead to the end of the dinosaurs, left a scar several miles underground and ...
The same process that allows rock to flow like liquid during impact events allows 'peak rings' to form in large craters. Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid the size of a small city smashed into ...