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Massive star explosions may have triggered two mass extinctions in Earth's past: 'It would be terrifying.'
Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, ...
Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...
Scientists rewrite history of universe with huge breakthrough in doomsday mystery
Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be ...
'Devastating' Supernovae Caused Two Mass Extinctions, Claim Astrophysicists
Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...
The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...
An Early Mass Extinction Event Cooked Our Planet and Erased Most Life
A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.
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A Life Oasis Protected Plants During the Permian Mass Extinction Event
(Image Credit: Yang Dinghua) Artistic reconstruction of the terrestrial ecological landscape before the end Permian mass extinction based on fossil palynomorphs, plants , and tetrapods recovered, as ...
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Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
The calculations suggested 2.5 supernovas might affect Earth ... to connect the cosmic phenomenon with mass extinctions on Earth. Cataclysmic events have taken place five times in the past 500 ...
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Supernovas may have had a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
The calculations suggested that 2.5 supernovas might affect Earth ... to connect the cosmic phenomenon with mass extinctions on Earth. Cataclysmic events have taken place five times in the past ...