This month, a team will be installing a platform from which to begin drilling into the Chicxulub crater which is believed to have been left by the asteroid that crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs.

Scientists will soon begin drilling into the Chicxulub crater which is believed to be the impact site of the asteroid that crashed into Earth and decimated the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Plans are to install a platform in the Gulf of Mexico this month with drilling starting in April. 

The two month-long expedition will involve extractions at depths of almost 5,000 feet under the seabed. 

Science reports that, during this time, the team will take a continuous series of incremental samples, “looking for changes in rock types, cataloging microfossils, and collecting DNA samples.” 

As researcher Sean Gulick with the University of Texas,