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

Exploding stars in near-solar space may have triggered at least two mass extinction events in Earth’s history. A new study ...

The rate of stars going supernova near Earth appears to match two mass extinctions -- 372 million years ago and 445 million ...

Learn about the time period that took place 416 to 359 million years ago. 4 min read When the Devonian period dawned about 416 million years ago the planet was changing its appearance. The great ...

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

"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 ...

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

Exploding stars in near-solar space may have triggered at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history.

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 late Devonian period was characterized by many environmental changes ... to have caused the end-Triassic extinction event that obliterated up to 80 percent of Earth’s species. These included many ...

Rockport State Recreation Area is known to have exposed fossils from the Devonian period – more than 400 million years ago.