While life on Earth does usually find a way, it is not without some intense past–and future–periods of mass death. Extinction is not exclusive to dinosaurs. Our planet has gone through at ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history, according to new research. The explosive supernova deaths of ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of ...