Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

Supernovas are powerful explosions marking the death of massive stars. They spread elements like carbon, calcium, and iron ...

A region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium - or “life oasis”- for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

New research suggests that powerful star explosions, called supernovae, may have caused at least two mass extinctions in ...

Two of Earth’s five confirmed mass extinction events could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions stripping the ...

Scientists have found a rare life "oasis" where plants and animals thrived during Earth's deadliest mass extinction 252 ...