Did a supernova cause the Devonian mass extinction event?

Did a supernova cause the Devonian mass extinction event?
By Paul M. Sutter

359 million years ago the Earth suffered one of its worst extinction events, and a team of researchers at the University of Illinois think that it might be caused by a series of supernova explosions no more than 35 light years away. Every once in a while something disastrous happens to life on Earth. The …

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August 27, 2020 at 08:37PM
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