Earth, Supernova and Mass Extinction

A supernova — the explosive death of a massive star — can leave behind a black hole or neutron star. These cosmic blasts are element factories, spreading carbon, calcium, and iron across space, ...
Sometimes deep space can seem like a cold, uncaring place fully removed from the dramas unfolding on the planet Earth.
In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly ...
How could they? A star from dozens of lightyears away was to blame for what would soon happen. Cosmic rays from a nearby ...
"If a massive star were to explode as a supernova close to the Earth, the results would be devastating for life on Earth," said Nick Wright, an astrophysicist at Keele University in the United Kingdom ...
Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a nearby ...
In the musical talk show 'The Seasons: Park Bo-gum's Cantabile,' former MC Lee Young-ji, following Park Bo-gum, completed the ...
The reimagining of the animated classic, in theaters March 21, also stars Gal Gadot and Andrew Burnap Initial audience ...