A new study reveals that supernova explosions may have caused two mass extinctions on Earth 372 million and 445 million years ...

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

Astrophysicists have done a bit of crime scene investigation on what’s almost a reverse murder mystery. They’ve traced ...

As part of this, the research team calculated the supernova rate within 20 parsecs of the Sun, or approximately 65 ...

"If a massive star were to explode as a supernova close to the Earth, the results would be devastating for life on Earth," said Nick Wright, an astrophysicist at Keele University in the United Kingdom ...

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

In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly ...

Exploding stars may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth. ‘Supernova explosions are some of the most energetic explosions in the Universe’, said Dr Nick Wright, ...

Sometimes deep space can seem like a cold, uncaring place fully removed from the dramas unfolding on the planet Earth.

The ghostly ring Kýklos (from the Greek κύκλος, circle or ring) and the object WR16 both show the environment of rare and ...

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

A supernova is one of the most powerful and mysterious phenomena in the universe. It’s an event that occurs when a star ...