Powerful supernova could explain extinctions at the end of the Devonian period

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 16:31 in Astronomy & Space

New research suggests harmful cosmic rays from a nearby supernova might have caused the extinction events that form the boundary between the Devonian-Carboniferous periods.

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