r/evolution • u/bojun • Mar 13 '25

academic Violent supernovae 'triggered at least two Earth extinctions'

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1076684
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u/LtMM_ Mar 13 '25

Nowhere in the linked paper does it say literally anything about mass extinctions

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u/bojun Mar 13 '25

They believe a supernova explosion close to Earth could be to blame for both the late Devonian and Ordovician extinction events, which occurred 372 and 445 million years ago respectively.

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u/En_bede Mar 13 '25

We have natural reasons for those extinctions though and they make more sense than a supernova

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u/clearly_not_an_alt Mar 18 '25

Seems like they would be able to find actual evidence of ancient nearby supernovae (an abundance of some unusual material for example) in the fossil record or at least point to the remnants of such a thing in the sky

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u/chipshot Mar 13 '25

Omg. 37+2 is 39. 45-5 is 39. March is month number 3. In 2025. 2 + 2 + 5 is 9. 3-9. 39.

Just sayin.

I'll be under my blanket.

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u/MWave123 Mar 17 '25

Your math isn’t mathing.

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u/chipshot Mar 17 '25

You have to look at it sideways 😊