A new study reveals that supernova explosions may have caused two mass extinctions on Earth 372 million and 445 million years ago by damaging the planet’s atmosphere and triggering climate shifts.

Earth has faced multiple mass extinctions in its long history, with the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs being the most famous. But what if some of these catastrophic events were caused by ...

Sometime early next year, India’s space agency, ISRO, will launch the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. It will be a prestigious event, marking the first collaboration between ...

Sudden and violent explosions have been leaving behind massive craters in the permafrost of Siberia — some nearly 70 feet wide and over 170 feet deep. The phenomenon has puzzled scientists since the ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 per cent of sun-like stars ...

Research by a Danish physicist suggests that the explosion of massive stars – supernovae – near the Solar System has strongly influenced the development of life. Prof. Henrik Svensmark of the ...

SpaceX confirmed that one Starlink satellite recently exploded in orbit, and it is now tumbling to re-enter the planet.

The most visible exploding star in a generation will be visible in skies above Britain within a fortnight, Oxford University astronomers have announced. The supernova, triggered by the collapse of a ...

How is lightning initiated in thunderclouds? This is difficult to answer – how do you measure electric fields inside large, dangerously charged clouds? It was discovered, more or less by coincidence, ...

SpaceX’s Super Heavy-Starship rocket achieved its first successful full test flight on Thursday, returning from space and landing safely without exploding after launching from Texas. The test mission ...