Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

Just ask the dinosaurs. The ancient animals infamously met their demise 66 million years ago when a huge space rock known as the Chicxulub impactor is widely believed to have ended their reign. The ...

Just ask the dinosaurs. The ancient animals infamously met their demise 66 million years ago when a huge space rock known as the Chicxulub impactor is widely believed to have ended their reign.

Credit: ATLAS / NASA The ESA said that the space rock "is small enough that the effects of any potential impact would be on ... near as catastrophic as the Chicxulub impactor asteroid, which ...