Early in Earth’s history, space rocks frequently hit the young planet. It is estimated that “giant impactors,” greater than 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) across, pummeled the planet at least ...

Ancient life on Earth might have thrived after a meteorite ... Then all of a sudden, you have a giant tsunami, sweeping by and ripping up the sea floor.” The findings are published in the ...

The new findings, published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, suggest that this massive collision not only brought destruction to Earth, but also ...

It was four times the size of Mount Everest, unleashed a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans — but an ancient meteor may also have nurtured life on Earth after ...