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They then compared this with the rate of those mass extinction events in the history of life on Earth that have previously been suggested may have been caused by a supernova explosion (and ...

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The team suggested a supernova may have stripped the ozone layer that shields the Earth from damaging radiation, resulting in a chain of events that could cause a mass extinction. During the ...

After converging, the binary star system will explode into a Type 1a supernova. Scientists have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarf stars are responsible for creating Type 1a supernovas ...