Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life
Hot stuff Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life Hot, nutrient water might have lasted for over 5 million years after the impact. But not everything it left in its wake was destructive. This space rock hit what is now the partially submerged Yucatan Peninsula, and at the bottom of the ocean, the impact generated enough heat to create a hydrothermal system that persisted for 8 million years and may have been a hotbed of life.
- ▪Hot stuff Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life Hot, nutrient water might have lasted for over 5 million years after the impact.
- ▪But not everything it left in its wake was destructive.
- ▪This space rock hit what is now the partially submerged Yucatan Peninsula, and at the bottom of the ocean, the impact generated enough heat to create a hydrothermal system that persisted for 8 million years and may have been a hotbed of lif
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Hot stuff Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life Hot, nutrient water might have lasted for over 5 million years after the impact. Elizabeth Rayne – Sep 30, 2026 5:54 pm | 4 Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav About 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth, kicking up tsunamis and dropping hot debris that annihilated non-avian dinosaurs and many other species. But not everything it left in its wake was destructive.
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