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

Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth.

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

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 ...

A supernova — the explosive death of a massive star — can leave behind a black hole or neutron star. These cosmic blasts are element factories, spreading carbon, calcium, and iron across space, ...

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

The rate of stars going supernova near Earth appears to match two mass extinctions -- 372 million years ago and 445 million ...

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 ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history ... go supernova within the next million years or so: Antares and Betelgeuse. However, both of these are more than 500 light-years away ...

Earth has faced multiple mass extinctions in its long history ... Scientists have identified two stars—Antares and Betelgeuse—that are nearing the end of their lives. They have been estimated ...

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 ...