The Chicxulub crater (IPA: [t͡ʃikʃuˈlub] ⓘ cheek-shoo-LOOB) is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is offshore, but the crater is named after the onshore community of Chicxulub Pueblo (not the larger coastal town of Chicxulub Puerto). [3]

2016年11月17日 · UPDATE: Today, scientists published their first results from a drilling expedition into Chicxulub crater, the buried remnants of an asteroid impact off the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

2019年9月9日 · One of the greatest scars on our planet is hidden beneath the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. The buried crater, over 90 miles in diameter, was created when a massive asteroid struck...

2020年6月8日 · Most recently, a new study on the Chicxulub crater in Mexico concludes that the asteroid that led to the dinosaur-ending mass extinction 66 million years ago likely struck at a steep angle...

2010年2月22日 · The Chicxulub Crater, named after the village that lies near its center, spans over 93 miles wide and 12 miles deep, with about half of it resting below the Gulf of Mexico.

2018年11月12日 · Chicxulub Puerto, Mexico, is the centre of the impact crater that scientists believe was made when the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs smashed into the Earth’s surface.

2022年3月15日 · Scientists speculate that Chicxulub crater was the asteroid-impact site that killed the dinosaurs—and it's just a day’s road trip from Cancun. It’s still possible to see evidence of the impact with your own eyes—if you know where to look.

2023年11月16日 · In the following decade, Chicxulub Crater was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. And because the crater appeared to be the same age as the global rock layer enriched with asteroid dust,...

2019年9月10日 · 65 million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula — a site now known as the Chicxulub Crater. This cataclysmic event that triggered a world-wide tsunami and disrupted global climates has been linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs and up to 75% of all other life.

2023年12月5日 · The Chicxulub Crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is one of the most significant impact structures on Earth and is associated with the mass extinction event that occurred around 66 million years ago, marking the end of the Cretaceous period and the beginning of the Paleogene period.