The asteroid that ended the dinosaur age struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula about 66 million years ago, and the sulphur-rich rocks beneath it helped turn a roughly 10-kilometre object into a global climate disaster

Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, August 10, 2026). The asteroid that ended the dinosaur age struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula about 66 million years ago, and the sulphur-rich rocks beneath it helped turn a roughly 10-kilometre object into a global climate disaster: Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-10/the-asteroid-that-ended-the-dinosaur-age-struck-mexico-s-yucatan-peninsula

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  author = {Newsylist Editorial Desk},
  title = {{The asteroid that ended the dinosaur age struck Mexico\'s Yucatán Peninsula about 66 million years ago, and the sulphur-rich rocks beneath it helped turn a roughly 10-kilometre object into a global climate disaster}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-10/the-asteroid-that-ended-the-dinosaur-age-struck-mexico-s-yucatan-peninsula},
  note = {Tracked across 5 independent newsrooms}
}

> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([The asteroid that ended the dinosaur age struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula about 66 million years ago, and the sulphur-rich rocks beneath it helped turn a roughly 10-kilometre object into a global climate disaster](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-10/the-asteroid-that-ended-the-dinosaur-age-struck-mexico-s-yucatan-peninsula)), this event was corroborated across 5 independent sources with a live velocity of 3.