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An Exploding Star 65 Light-Years From Earth May Have Triggered a Mass Extinction – ScienceAlert
Life was trying, but it wasn’t working out. As the Late Devonian period dragged on, more and more living things died out, culminating in one of the greatest mass extinction events our planet has ever witnessed, approximately 359 million years ago.
Life was trying, but it wasn’t working out. As the Late Devonian period dragged on, more and more living things died out, culminating in one of the greatest mass extinction events our planet has ever witnessed, approximately 359 million years ago.
The culprit responsible for so much death may not have been local, scientists now say. In fact, it might not have even come from our Solar System.
Rather, a new study led by astrophysicist Brian Fields from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…
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