Scientists made the finding by analysing samples taken from the Chicxulub crater in Mexico

Researchers said the findings could help direct the search for life on other planets.

Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the collision created a vast underground ecosystem filled with hot…

Scientists made the finding by analysing samples taken from the Chicxulub crater in Mexico

The asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs also created an underground environment suited to supporting new life, and new research suggests it lasted for millions of…

The Chicxulub impact may have actually helped nurture life while destroying it, too.