What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at what the actual destructive ...

We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties ...

A research team linked nearby stellar explosions to at least one, possibly two, mass die-offs after calculating the supernova ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

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

The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.

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.

They believe a supernova explosion close to Earth could be to blame for both the late Devonian and Ordovician extinction events, which occurred 372 and 445 million years ago respectively.

In the study, the researchers provided no evidence that a supernova caused mass extinctions. Instead, the team hypothesized a stellar explosion may have been a potential factor in the Late ...