A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest, brightest, and most violent type of explosion scientists have observed in the universe.

Sometimes deep space can seem like a cold, uncaring place fully removed from the dramas unfolding on the planet Earth. However, a new study from scientists at University of California Santa Cruz ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do we live in a supernova graveyard? A team of researchers proposes that 10 million years ago two giant neutron stars crashed into ...

A new study reveals an intriguing possibility: asupernova explosion might have sent a surge of cosmic rays toward Earth around 10 million years ago, with consequences etched in ocean rocks. The ...

An artist's impression of cosmic rays impacting molecules and atoms in the Earths atmosphere. A new study suggests that cosmic radiation from a supernova explosion 2.5 million years ago may have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been considered by some that global cooling in the Plio-Pleistocene might have been due to changes in ocean currents. This ...

The universe is a chaotic place filled with exploding stars, material falling into black holes, and rogue planets wandering off on their own. All that chaos makes astronomers suspicious when they ...

Bremont partnered with Astrolab to make a chronograph that will be attached to a rover heading to the lunar surface, and you ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Two of Earth's largest mass extinction events were likely triggered by the fallout from two supernovae in nearby space.

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 at Keele University say these ...

Some 2.5 million years ago, viruses in Lake Tanganyika experienced an unexplained explosion in diversity. A new study analyzing iron-60 found in the lakebed suggests that the explosion of a ‘nearby’ ...