A cosmic explosion with an energy equivalent to the output of a billion suns went unnoticed by astronomers until they caught ...

A new analysis from NASA using the Hubble Space Telescope shows that the Crab Nebula, the remnant of a supernova recorded in ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon ...

NASA’s Hubble telescope captured an “extraordinarily” rare moment of a comet exploding into fragments, the space agency said.

A doctoral candidate from the University of Washington may have heard a cosmic explosion that explains how the Moon came into ...

One of the largest known stars in the cosmos is poised for catastrophe. After witnessing the massive object undergo a dramatic transformation, a team of astronomers say the star is on the verge of ...

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Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's most violent flashes — capable of releasing more energy in a fraction of a second than ...

Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it ...

The retro detonations of sci-fi classics are a lost art called "miniature explosions." Here's why those mattered, and why the debris of those moments impacted sci-fi filmmaking forever.