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

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

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be written in the stars.

"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 ...

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

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

The Ordovician extinction killed 60 percent of ... 70 percent of all species and led to huge changes in the kind of fish that existed in our ancient seas and lakes. Past research has failed ...

The Ordovician extinction is thought to have killed ... of all creatures and influenced sweeping changes in the kinds of fish that survived. These cosmic blasts are element factories, NASA says ...

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

A new study from Keele University suggests that at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by ...

Among those were the huge, predatory fish, Dunkleosteus – pronounced like uncle – with armoured eyeballs and no teeth, just jaws it filed sharp each time it opened its mouth. It is possible ...