Heriot-Watt University

Scientists find proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea over 43 million years ago

A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved.

Britain's secret rocky past: Scientists find proof a huge asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza...

Scientists have found proof that a huge asteroid smashed into the sea off the coast of Yorkshire 43 million years ago.
ScienceAlert

78 Million Years Ago, an Asteroid Hit Earth. Then Life Grew in The Crater

78 million years ago, a 1.6 km asteroid slammed into what is now Finland, creating a crater 23 km (14 mi) wide and 750 m deep ...

Could a cosmic catastrophe have altered earth's ancient climate?

Researchers found shocked quartz indicating a comet explosion linked to megafaunal extinctions and the clovis culture's ...
Space.com

Watch an asteroid the size of the Washington Monument zoom past Earth live on Sept. 18 (video)

Stargazers can tune in to the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube stream beginning at 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17 (3:00 GMT Sept. 18) to see live views from the organization's robotic telescopes located ...