The catastrophic Chicxulub impact that wiped out the dinosaurs created a 15-year winter
Fine silicate dust contributed to a prolonged "impact winter".
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Second asteroid could have also led to dinosaur extinction
There is strong evidence the dinosaurs endured a double-asteroid whammy.
Meteorite and volcanoes may have worked together to wipe out dinosaurs
It was a devastating one-two punch.
Scientists zoom into Chicxulub, the “dinosaur crater”
Geologists are getting an unprecedented glimpse into the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Scientists digging into the dinosaur-killing asteroid crater answer all your questions
A team of researchers is investigating the Chicxulub crater, of the asteroid that wiped the dinosaurs (and many other creatures) ...
Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have been a set of binary asteroids
The (still debated) asteroid that slammed into the Earth 65 million years ago and played a crucial role in wiping ...