Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

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

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 ...

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.

while the late Devonian wiped out around 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 to identify a ...

2 - Late Devonian (372-359 million years ago) which annihilated coral reefs and seabed living animals like jawless fish and shelled or exoskeleton sea creatures like trilobites and ammonoids.

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

Add 21 more miles. There, 400 million years ago, watch your lobe-finned fish ancestors take awkward steps onto land, breathing Devonian air with primitive lungs. We’re still less than one-tenth of the ...