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New theory says supernovae caused extinction events on Earth – SlashGear
According to a new study published this week by researchers at the University of Illinois, a nearby star’s supernova may’ve caused one of out planets mass extinctions millions of years …

According to a new study published this week by researchers at the University of Illinois, a nearby star’s supernova may’ve caused one of out planets mass extinctions millions of years ago. The event studied here took place in the Late Devonian, “culminating in extinction events near the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary.” Evidence shown in the study published this week suggests that asteroids weren’t the only thing that killed massive amounts of life on Earth in the distant past.
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