Do we live in a supernova graveyard? A team of researchers proposes that 10 million years ago two giant neutron stars crashed ...

What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at what the actual destructive ...

We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties ...

Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...

Some of the most massive and influential stars in the universe are OB stars. These blue giants, many times more massive than ...

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

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

Astronomers have used near-infrared light to explore the extreme forces behind the eruption of LMC68, a recurrent nova in the ...

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 ...

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

They believe a supernova explosion close to Earth could be to blame for both the late Devonian and Ordovician extinction ...

Scientists discovered deep-sea traces of ancient plutonium, evidence of a 10-million-year-old cosmic explosion. This finding could reveal Earth’s history with violent kilonovas.