When a huge asteroid hit Earth ... The Chicxulub impactor ejected plumes of sulphur-based gases into the atmosphere alongside vast amounts of silicate dust. The impact also triggered wildfires ...

The asteroid measures 0.31 miles (0.5 kilometers ... could last for more than four years after the initial impact. The dust plume would also deplete the ozone layer. "Severe ozone depletion ...

26, Dimorphos' orbit around Didymos slowed by a whopping 33 minutes — a result of both the impact and the massive plume of dust ejected from the asteroid's surface. The mission — humanity's ...

The findings revealed that, in contrast to previous work, the dust plume "plays a large part ... believe the events unfolded following the asteroid impact. "Species that were not adapted to ...

Chicxulub Impact and ... When the asteroid – estimated at 10 to 15 kilometers [about 6 miles to 9 miles] in diameter – slammed into the earth it sent vast amounts of energy into the atmosphere, ...

Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly.

Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid ... The main culprit is most likely the "impact winter," which was caused by massive release of dust, soot, and sulfur into the ...

NASA wanted to see whether a kinetic impact — such as crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid at 13,645 miles ... of rocks and dust — enough to fill about six or seven rail cars.

Global temperatures fluctuated; plumes of aerosol, soot and dust filled the air ... The energy of the asteroid impact was at least 100,000 times larger than the Tonga volcanic eruption earlier ...