Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

Performed by the Prehistoric Body Theater ensemble, Indonesian dancers channel prehistoric dinosaurs as they explore themes ...

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Suppose humanity was faced with an extinction-level event. Not just high odds, but certain-sure. A nearby supernova will ...

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What drives us to send probes throughout the Solar System and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.

Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...

“It’s a lot more feasible to think that this could be an effect that could affect extinction events,” said Wright, a lecturer ...