New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

Astronomers discover a spiral galaxy with 6 million light-year jets, raising concerns about the Milky Way's potential for ...

Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, ...

A new study calculated the rate at which stars explode close to Earth and found it to be consistent with two mass extinctions ...

Two stars that died close to Earth likely triggered two mass extinctions on Earth, scientists suggest. Cosmic rays spelt doom ...

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Most conservation biologists today think humanity has already entered the sixth mass extinction phase due to the acceleration of species extinction. The sixth mass extinction will be the first to ...

The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share a ...