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

In a nutshell A massive supernova explosion 13,000 years ago may have triggered the Younger Dryas ice age by damaging Earth’s ...

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

shed light on the impact that such stellar deaths can have on our home planet, and may help scientists understand whether or not these events have affected the course of life on Earth. Supernovas ...

To study those possible impacts, Brakenridge searched through ... This celestial body, which once sat about 815 lightyears from Earth, went supernova roughly 13,000 years ago.

Life and supernovae don't mix ... This would imply that SN X-ray emission has had a notable impact on Earth and potentially played a role in the evolution of life itself," they write.

These disasters could follow if a supernova ignited close to Earth — say, within 30 light years of our planet. This month, NASA awarded $500,000 to a research team based in part at the ...

So supernovae aren’t appreciably adding to Earth’s weight ... we have the tools to both examine and understand the profound impact these cosmic explosions have on our planet.

The explosion of a near-Earth supernova has the potential to unleash a cascade of events that would dramatically impact our planet. Visible light from the supernova would reach Earth first ...

A series of supernovae explosions in the previous ... model to study the impact of nearby SNe explosions on Earth's atmosphere. Using EMAC, the authors say they've modeled "the complex atmospheric ...

Two previously known supernovae may have affected evolution on Earth, and could even have driven ... heavier particles like high-energy protons impact molecules in the upper atmosphere and destroy ...

To study those possible impacts, Brakenridge searched through the planet ... This celestial body, which once sat about 815 light-years from Earth, went supernova roughly 13,000 years ago. Not long ...