A Steaming Cauldron Follows the Dinosaurs’ Demise
A new study reveals the Chicxulub impact crater may have harbored a vast and long-lived hydrothermal system after the catastrophic impact event linked to the dinosaurs‘ demise 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impact crater, roughly 180 kilometers in diameter, is the best-preserved large impact structure on Earth and a target for the exploration of ...