Astronomy

The article says

a supernova would have to be less than about 160 light-years from Earth to inflict this sort of damage.

and links to this source: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.11622

They should've led with that, but you know writers 🙄😄

Kurzgesagt made a fairly entertaining video about the effects of a supernova on Earth at different ranges:

https://youtu.be/q4DF3j4saCE?si=l-6wyBJo_Ouwq2wg