Do we live in a supernova graveyard? A team of researchers proposes that 10 million years ago two giant neutron stars crashed ...

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

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass extinctions: those at the end of the Ordovician Period, some 445 million ...

“But if a planet — including the Earth — is located too close to this kind of event, this can have devastating effects.” In the study, the researchers provided no evidence that a supernova ...

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), also known as the Blaze Star, is a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth. It ...

which is thought to have been blown by a series of supernova explosions 10 to 20 million years ago. Earth seems to have entered this bubble about 6 million years ago. Passing through the outer ...

Suppose humanity was faced with an extinction-level event. Not just high odds, but certain-sure. A nearby supernova will ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say ...

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.