At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...
Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, ...
New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...
Operators follow a 25-year rule: at this point, a satellite’s mission is deemed to have ended and it is lowered into the atmosphere where gravity and friction kicks in. While this helps clear space, ...
Like straight out of Julio Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, scientists from Northwestern University and the ...
A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...
KS2 Geography. Biomes. A short video for pupils aged 7 to 11 investigating two of Earth's major biomes - rainforests and ...
The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share a ...
How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...
Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...
Although black hole radiation can be catastrophic in some cases, it may assist life once oxygen has accumulated in the planet ...
At the center of most large galaxies, including our Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. These powerful objects sometimes enter active galactic nucleus (AGN) mode, where they pull in gas and ...