Scientists from Keele University have found strong evidence that some of Earth’s past mass extinctions could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions—massive star explosions in the Milky Way.

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

Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...

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

"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 ...

SEE ALSO: Hubble sees mini galaxies surrounding Andromeda are pretty wild A fossil of a type of brachiopod, Floweria chemungensis, went extinct in the late Devonian period. Credit: Andrew Bush ...

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"Our study further confirms the biogeographical exchange between the southern China and Kazakhstan plates during the Middle Devonian period, which was 393 million to 382 million years ago," Xian ...

With teeth! — who existed during the Late Devonian period about 382–358 million years ago, was a bigwig in these parts. Amazingly, the museum has several fossilized Dunkleosteus specimens ...