chicxulub asteroid

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago created a kilometer-high tsunami in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study published on October 4 in the journal

When it hit Earth, the Chicxulub asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, but it failed to do the same to cockroaches, and there's a reason why.

A new study has just published that before Chicxulub asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, dinosaurs and other living creatures were faced with toxic levels of mercury.