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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: • Scientists discovered that life rebounded at extraordinary speed after the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, with new plankton species evolving ...

'Within minutes, it created a 1.5km high curtain of rock and water.' ...

Helium-3 dating reveals new plankton species emerged within thousands—and sometimes just 2,000—years after the dinosaur-killing impact, showing life recovered far faster than assumed.

Scientists have finally solved a years-long puzzle. New research reveals that a 160-metre wide asteroid smashed into the ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a giant meteor slammed into Earth off the coast of modern-day Mexico. Firestorms incinerated the landscape for miles around. Even creatures thousands of miles away were ...

Asteroid hit North Sea: A long-standing scientific debate has finally been resolved: the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea was formed by a massive asteroid impact around 43–46 million years ago.