At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

Two of Earth’s five confirmed mass extinction events could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions stripping the ...

Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...

As part of this, the research team calculated the supernova rate within 20 parsecs of the Sun, or approximately 65 ...

New research suggests that powerful star explosions, called supernovae, may have caused at least two mass extinctions in ...

The rate of stars going supernova near Earth appears to match two mass extinctions -- 372 million years ago and 445 million ...

Scientists from Keele University have found strong evidence that some of Earth’s past mass extinctions could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions—massive star explosions in the Milky Way.

Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth.

Supernovas are powerful explosions marking the death of massive stars. They spread elements like carbon, calcium, and iron ...

Two of Earth's largest mass extinction events were ... some 445 million years ago, and the end of the Devonian, about 372 million years ago. The former saw 50 percent of all genera and 19 percent ...

A supernova — the explosive death of a massive star — can leave behind a black hole or neutron star. These cosmic blasts are element factories, spreading carbon, calcium, and iron across space, ...