A Supernova May Have Sparked Evolution In Africa, Scientists Say
About 2.5 million years ago, the viruses infecting fish in Lake Tanganyika underwent a mysterious explosion in diversity. It may have been a nearby star exploding.
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Supernovae Linked to Two Earth Extinctions
At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study ...
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'Earth at risk': Could a Supernova’s blast ever reach and destroy us? Here's what we know
When Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, eventually goes supernova—likely within the next 100,000 years—the night sky will light up as if a second sun appeared ...
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Stars Are Born and Die Every Day — Here’s How They Evolve in Space
These are much denser versions of white dwarfs, but they are actually smaller, about the size of Manhattan. Our sun is too small to go supernova, but a star like our sun, once it becomes a ...