New research suggests that powerful star explosions, called supernovae, may have caused at least two mass extinctions in ...

Exploding stars in near-solar space may have triggered at least two mass extinction events in Earth’s history. A new study ...

Now, a team from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, led by Ph.D. student Jing-Ze Ma, may have an explanation for why Betelgeuse appears to be spinning so utterly fast. Perhaps, the ...

This figure shows measurements of Betelgeuse's brightness from different observatories from late 2018 to present. The blue and green points represent data from ground-based observatories.

(Picture: NASA Goddard / SWNS) Exploding stars may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped ... The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is the biggest supernova threat for Earth – but even that ...

The red supergiant star Betelgeuse was captured by the Herschel ... near to our planet is consistent with the timings of both mass extinctions. The authors say it is "A great illustration for ...

When Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation ... This could lead to ecosystem collapse and a potential mass extinction event. Gamma-ray bursts, caused by neutron star mergers ...

They wondered whether this lined up at all with mass extinction events on Earth ... The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is the biggest supernova threat for Earth – but even that is far away ...