Earth was hit by a huge burst of gamma rays originating from a star nearly 2 billion lightyears away, according to the European Space Agency. The gamma ray burst caused a disturbance in Earth's ...

Earth may owe some of its properties to a nearby star that blew up just as the solar system was forming. This pattern, which saw a supernova bubble envelop the sun and shower it with cosmic rays, may ...

Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant cloud of gas and dust between the stars. Scientists analyzing Antarctic ice ...