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

"Supernova explosions are some of the most energetic ... that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass extinctions: those at the end of the Ordovician Period, some ...

A curious connection between an ancient supernova and virus diversification in one of Earth's biggest lakes means that crazy cosmic events may have had more influence on our planet than we thought.

Supernovas are the most powerful explosions humans have ever seen – but just how close are we? (Picture: NASA Goddard / SWNS) Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass ...

The explosions are the biggest humans have ever seen. Lead author Dr. Alexis Quintana, formerly from Keele University and now ...

“Ultimately, the aim is to address one of our time’s biggest questions in fundamental physics and cosmology—namely, what is most of the universe made of? For that, we need the ZTF supernova ...

Lake Tanganyika, in East Africa"s Great Rift Valley, is one of the largest freshwater lakes on ... that the later spike likely came from a supernova, either from a group of young stars in the ...