written by robby berman, on april 9th, 2021
what: a supernova blast may have caused a mass extinction 359 million years ago
when: study published august 18th, 2020
who/where: astrophysicist brian fields
co-author jesse miller
co-author zhenghai liu
co-author adrienne ertel
interesting fact: supernova explosions could have depleated our ozone layer leading to the sunburning of plants
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