<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cosmic-radiation-from-1-1.jpg” alt=”Supernova explosion triggers virus surge in Africa”/>The sudden diversity of pathogens in Lake Tanganyika coincided with the appearance of a radioactive form of iron in it, which is almost never found on Earth, but is ubiquitous in space – it is formed as a result of supernova explosions.