Scientists Found 52-Foot-Tall Underground Ripples From the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years after the Chicxulub asteroid impact kickstarted the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-T) extinction, scientists are still finding stunning evidence of its destruction.
Dozens of dinosaur footprints found at Australian school, scientists say
Dozens of dinosaur footprints embedded in a boulder were found hiding in plain sight at an Australian school, according to researchers.
Scientists uncover 66 dinosaur footprints on school rock slab in Queensland
On Wednesday, scientists unveiled the discovery of fossilized dinosaur footprints on a rock slab that had been on display for 20 years at Biloela State High School in Queensland, Australia. The slab contains one of the strongest concentrations of dinosaur footprints ever observed in Australia,
Dozens of dinosaur footprints discovered in high school's main office
For two decades, a big boulder sat in the corner of the main office at Bileola state high school in Queensland, Australia. Now, scientists discovered that the boulder boasts more than 60 fossilized dinosaur footprints from 47 different dinosaurs.
47 dinosaur footprints dating back to 200 million years ago found in Australia
Furthermore, the analysis of the stride and depth of the footprints indicates that these ancient animals were moving at a leisurely pace, likely travelling at speeds of less than
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Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs Left "Megaripple" Structure Underneath Louisiana
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid thought to be around 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) in diameter impacted the Earth, forming a crater 200 kilometers (120 miles) in diameter, and 1 kilometer (0.62 ...
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Why The Dinosaurs Died | The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact
One of the deepest scars on our planet is hidden beneath the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. The buried crater, over 90 miles in diameter, was created when a massive asteroid struck ...
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Life Reemerged Just Years After Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact
Study coauthor Chris Lowry, a postdoc at the University of Texas, and colleagues made the discovery after analyzing rock samples taken from beneath Chicxulub crater, which sits in the Gulf of ...
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30 Minutes that Made All the Difference
What a difference 30 minutes made! Barry Evans (he/him, [email protected]) is reminded that the odds against his birth ...
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Chicxulub: The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
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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Animals in North Dakota Died from Chicxulub Asteroid in Mexico
The study highlights fossilized specimens, including fish, trees, and marine ammonites, all of which were deposited by large surges of water caused by the asteroid impact, which occurred near the ...