Could supernovas have triggered ancient mass extinctions on Earth? New research explores how cosmic explosions may have ...

Since Prototaxites were discovered in the fossil record in 1843, scientists have debated whether they were early land plants, ...

A bizarre 400-million-year-old fossil may not be a plant, animal, or even a fungus. Known asPrototaxites, this extinct ...

A research team linked nearby stellar explosions to at least one, possibly two, mass die-offs after calculating the supernova ...

Development well permits issued in the Permian Basin by the Texas Railroad Commission, the state's oil and gas regulating ...

Professor sues university over dumped fossils, claiming 380-million-year-old specimens ended up in a landfill due to ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

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

William Paterson professor Martin Becker is suing the New Jersey university after it allegedly caused his collection of 380-million-year-old fossils to end up in a Nashville landfill.

So much time has elapsed since these vast death events, we may never know their cause exactly, but this work indicates it isn ...