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Radiation from an exploding star may have had a profound effect on the evolution of life on Earth, a new study suggests. About 2.5 million years ago, the viruses infecting fish in Africa"s Lake ...

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Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star.

In one fiery burst, an exploding nearby star millions of years ago may have helped change the course of life on Earth. Upon its death, this supernova sent high-energy charged particles, called cosmic ...

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About 2.5 million years ago, the viruses infecting fish in Africa"s Lake Tanganyika underwent a mysterious and rapid explosion in diversity. Yet the exact cause of this change has remained a mystery.