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Study Finds Supernova May Have Caused Mass Extinction


Study Finds Supernova May Have Caused Mass Extinction
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A new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that a supernova, the explosion of a massive star, may have caused a major extinction event on Earth. For Science in a Minute, VOA’s Rick Panteleo reports that the event took place 359 million years ago.

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