What's the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets out his ideas about what ...

"We're now entering an era where we can automatically catch these rare events as they happen, not just after the fact." Astronomers have observed what may be the first known case of a massive star ...

Artist's impression of a supernova. By ESO/M. Kornmesser/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY My hypothesis is that remnants of a supernova – an exploding star – had an impact on the Earth’s past climate, causing ...

This powerful side-by-side comparison shows just how bright a star explosion is. Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a before-and-after image of a star exploding brightly. With the images ...

Exploding Star This illustration provided by W.M. Keck Observatory depicts the insides of an exploding star. (Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory via AP) (W. M. Keck Observatory) (Adam Makarenko/AP) ...