Asteroid That Wiped Out Dinos Triggered ‘Megatsunami’ With Mile-High Waves
Sixty-six million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth in the Gulf of Mexico, just north of what’s now known as the Yucatan Peninsula. The city-sized space rock triggered a massive global tsunami that wiped out the dinosaurs. For the first time, scientists were able to simulate that Earth-shattering storm.