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Vetiver Oil: The Soothing Grass Oil October 20, 2016   |   184,676   views Spread the Word to Friends And Family By Sharing this Article. 0 in Share 870 208  Email Print Vetiver oil, also known as khus oil, is a lesser-known plant oil that offers a heavy, earthy fragrance, which is reminiscent of patchouli but with a touch of lemon. It is believed to be very grounding, calming and stabilizing, and provides a range of essential oil uses and benefits. Learn more about this herbal oil. What Is Vetiver Oil? Chrysopogon zizanioides, commonly known as vetiver, is a perennial grass that belongs to the Poaceae family, which is native to India. 1  Western and Northern India know this plant as khus. Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides), derived from a Tamil word that means "hatcheted up," can grow up to 1.5 meters (4.9 feet). It has tall stems and long, thin and rigid leaves. Its flowers are brownish-purple. Vetiver hai

Scientists Study the Moon to Learn About Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Impact The craters on the moon are more pristine than any on Earth, so scientists are using lunar craters to learn about the Chicxulub crater —the terrestrial remnant of an asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago. NASA Scientific Visualization Studio By  Jay Bennett Oct 20, 2016 49 The Chicxulub crater, a 102-mile diameter crater in the Yucatán Peninsula of southeastern Mexico, is the result of a six-to-nine-mile-wide asteroid slamming into the Earth. This same asteroid triggered the  Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event  that caused the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of all plant and animal life on the planet, to go extinct. The Chicxulub crater is actually  underneath  the Yucatán Peninsula, and roughly half of it is submerged beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Buried under a kilometer of rock, dirt, sand and water,