it wiped out the dinosaurs – and sent a monster tsunami rippling around the planet, according to new research. The asteroid, about 8.7 miles (14 kilometers) wide, left an impact crater about 62 ...

A study published today in the journal AGU Advances shows that the asteroid also triggered a monstrous tsunami with mile-high waves that scoured the ocean floor thousands of miles from the impact ...

Mapping the Megaripples: A Glimpse into Tsunami Power The Chicxulub asteroid impact, which is believed to have wiped out the nonavian dinosaurs, also triggered a tsunami of massive proportions.

Led by Uisdean Nicholson, a geologist at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, scientists used 3D seismic data to measure the impact and were able to reverse engineer the size of the asteroid ...

If such an explosion occurred over the ocean, the impact would be less concerning, unless it happens near a coastline triggering a tsunami. Aside from the nearly 0% chance the asteroid will miss ...

(BTW: since many on this thread are sharing their favourite YR 4 targets, I'm really REALLY hoping for a lunar impact!) If it's a stony asteroid ... a significant tsunami. If it's metallic ...

"We think of impact events as being disastrous for life ... organisms that required sunlight met their demise. "The tsunami, atmospheric heating, and darkness would likely have decimated ...

But scientists say they expect the asteroid’s future trajectory and impact probability to change ... can set fire to surrounding environment and tsunami waves for impacts in the ocean.” ...

On Thursday, NASA decreased the asteroid's impact probability to 0.3% ... models indicate that significant tsunami waves would be unlikely. If it were to enter the atmosphere over a populated ...

Today this catastrophic impact ... from tsunami-lashed islands. A schematic illustration showing the environmental disruption—and subsequent recovery—associated with a giant asteroid impact ...

the impact would be less concerning, unless it happens near a coastline triggering a tsunami. Time to prepare Aside from the nearly 0% chance the asteroid will miss Earth, the good news ...