New findings have revealed that a supernova struck Earth 10 million years ago, and the evidence lies at the bottom of the sea ...

Supernovas are bad news. They can wreck biospheres and flood planets with deadly radiation. And now, a recent study has added a new potential threat: a special type of supernova that can destroy a ...

There are those who will tell you that we need to colonize Mars and as many other places as we can, because Earth is on its way down the tube. As we plunge headlong into a future increasingly defined ...

Pulsars are a special type of neutron star that pulses (hence the name), and these neutron stars likely form as the end ...

When a massive star goes supernova, its explosion must be a perfectly spherical fireball at least, that’s been the theoretical assumption for the last several decades. However, recent observations ...

One of the most spectacular events we know is regularly taking place in our Universe is the explosion of stars. Officially called supernovae, these events are so massive they affect not only their ...

Stellar explosions are eventful cosmic phenomena that light up the sky, but they can also be incredibly destructive for nearby planets. Depending on the blast radius and the size of the star, the ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of a ...

A recent study of supernovae reveals yet another way the death of a star could spell doom for planets orbiting nearby stars. When the blast wave from a supernova plows into dense clouds of gas, the ...

"When nearby supernovas occur in the future, the radiation could have a pretty dramatic effect on human society." New research suggests that the explosive death throes of massive stars, known as ...