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 ...

Some of the most massive and influential stars in the universe are OB stars. These blue giants, many times more massive than ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

Along the East African Rift, Lake Tanganyika lies in isolation among towering mountains. The lake is more than 400 miles […] ...

A new study analyzing iron-60 found in the lakebed suggests that the explosion of a ‘nearby’ supernova may be responsible for this evolutionary event. Although the study doesn’t confirm this ...