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Exploding Stars Are Rare-But If One Was Close Enough, It Could Threaten Life On Earth
Posted in Science on 22nd Apr, 2024
by Alex Muller
For a dying star to have any effect on life on our planet, it would have to go supernova within 100 light years from Earth.
Ocean sediment sample holds iron believed to be from a supernova
Posted in Science on 10th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
Sediment layers may contain a type of iron that came from space millions of years ago, iron-60, which prior research has shown is spewed into space when supergiant stars explode.
A supernova might have abetted a mass extinction on earth
Posted in Science on 13th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
An exploding star hundreds of light-years from Earth may have played a role in a minor mass extinction that happened 2.59 million years ago.
Supernova iron found on the moon
Posted in Science on 15th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
A supernova 2 million years ago sprayed the solar system with stellar material.