Chixculub Crater↑

*180-km-wide impact crater located on the coastline of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico

*Hit Earth over 160 million years ago

*Named after the town it is located in, Chixculub

*Discovered by Glen Penfield in 1970, while looking for oil

*In Mayan, Chixculub means "the tail of the devil"

What scientists think how the crater looked like when it hit Earth

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