For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on ...

Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

The mass extinction that killed 80% of life on Earth 250 million years ago ... where it seems that plants weathered the ...

That distinction belongs to the Permian-Triassic extinction or the Great Dying ... 90 percent of all species on Earth were wiped out and the biosphere of the planet was completely altered.

A stock image of an asteroid in outer space near Earth planet. A stock image of an asteroid in outer space near Earth planet. buradaki/iStock / Getty Images Plus Asteroids, also known as minor ...

The end-Permian mass extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," took place 251.9 million years ago. At that time, the supercontinent Pangea was in the process of breaking up, but all land on ...

2025 DM7 is not the only asteroid within the vicinity of our planet today. Another bus-sized space rock, "2025 DT24," also skimmed past the Earth this morning. And two airplane-sized asteroids ...