The impact left a 124-mile-wide crater underneath the Gulf of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. And, until now, it had been assumed that the asteroid acted alone. This week, scientists at Scotland ...

This is the feature that is now buried under sediments in the Gulf of Mexico, close to the port of Chicxulub. The impact description - scientists call it the dynamic collapse model of crater ...

Scientists have found an extraordinary snapshot of the fallout from the asteroid impact that wiped out ... object slammed into what is now the Gulf of Mexico, it would have hurled billions of ...

A gigantic space rock that slammed into Earth more than three billion years ago grievously wounded the biosphere—and then helped it heal ...

a calm seaside village at the center of an immense impact crater that stretches into the Gulf of Mexico. The ever shifting earth has softened the crater rim, which today is only visible using ...

Although some models show Rafael remaining farther north and then degenerating entirely due to strong wind shear across the northern Gulf of Mexico. So bottom-line there is likely to be limited to no ...

Major energy companies said on Tuesday they are evacuating some oil production workers and securing offshore platforms as ...

As of 10 a.m. ET Friday, Rafael was located in the Gulf of Mexico about 230 miles north/northeast from Progreso, Mexico, on the northern coast of the Yucatan peninsula, according to the latest update ...

The impact left a 124-mile-wide crater underneath the Gulf of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. And, until now, it had been assumed that the asteroid acted alone. This week, scientists at Scotland ...