With all that's happening on the earth, we already have enough to deal with but if we consider how interactions and phenomena that occur in space, then it might just dawn on us how inevitable the end of the world would be.
The topic of mass extinction through a supernova explosion has been explored for decades and a recent study suggests how it might have caused the extinction of large-bodied organisms.
The idea is that radiation from the distant cosmic explosions caused an epidemic of mutations and cancer in these huge organisms. It might sound far-fetched, but the idea of supernovas as a driver of extinctions is actually not new.
The idea of extinction by supernova-induced mutation was introduced by paleontologist Otto Schindewolf in the 1950s. Schindewolf believed that supernova radiation would bathe organisms and cause a lethal spike in mutations.
Various authors have explored extinction by radiation since then, but, as Steven D’Hondt points out in a comprehensive review of extraterrestrial extinction theories, few studies propose the same mechanism twice.
(Image credit: NASA)
people love the concept of "evolution" because humans lord over all other creatures, and we want to believe our existence is more meaningful than rocks, flys, bacteria, etc.
99.9% of all things ever have gone extinct - meaning if evolution were true it's not working at all