Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate, and could do so ...

When a star explodes, it sends high-energy particles out in all directions. This burst of energy can travel through space for ...

Research links supernovae to Earth’s climate shifts, revealing potential atmospheric impacts and adding a cosmic layer to ...

New research links supernova events to sudden Earth cooling episodes and ozone depletion, revealed by carbon-14 spikes in ...

New research suggests that the explosive death throes of massive stars, known as supernovas, may have had dramatic effects on our planet's climate over ... and all life on Earth would perish.

Supernovas happen when giant stars, far larger than our sun, burn through their fuel and collapse under their gravity.

One researcher argues that supernovae may be the key to understanding a series of abrupt climate shifts in recent geologic ...

The Vela explosion stands out as the most dramatic example, occurring when our planet was emerging from the last ice age around 13,000 years ago.

When a star explodes, it sends high-energy particles out in all directions. This burst of energy can travel through space for thousands of ...