Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, ...

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

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 of Earth’s five confirmed mass extinction events could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions stripping the ...

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

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be ...

A new species of fossil dating back 444 million years has been named Sue - after its discoverer's mum. Professor Sarah ...

A cataclysmic shift at the end of the Ordovician led to the disappearance ... that one actually occurred at the same time as the mass extinction in question — we have those geological events ...

A cataclysmic shift at the end of the Ordovician led to the disappearance of about 85 ... historical events to show that one actually occurred at the same time as the mass extinction in question — we ...