Barringer Medalist Gareth Collins describes the Chicxulub impact’s massive destruction, as well as our species present day successful DART mission to redirect asteroids which may threaten earth!

After the giant asteroid crashed into earth causing the extinction of the Dinosaurs and 75% of species (also called the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary) apparently life rebounded!

Scientists are discovering new evidence from the exact day of the Chicxulub impact event 66 million years ago, which will be featured in a new BBC documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough

Joanna Morgan is a Professor of Geophysics at Imperial College London

Joanna received the Barringer award for her work on the Chicxulub impact crater. She first heard about Chicxulub in the mid 1990s when scientists were arguing about its size and morphology, and whether it was the site of the K-T impact.