A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova." ...

A small asteroid spotted only hours before it struck the atmosphere has become a touchstone for how fragile, and how powerful ...

Remember the giant Bud Light can in Hermann Park? It was all to promote the Houston Texans helping pour the first beer in ...

The category of best visual effects at the Oscars gives blockbusters a chance to shine. These 10 films may have taken a ...

Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the journal Science Advances. It suggests that when our solar system formed, a ...

"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

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In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big Bang—a cosmic Jekyll and Hyde that looks like any other galaxy when viewed in ...

A New Jersey-bound airplane that suddenly plunged thousands of feet in the air — sending 15 people to the hospital in October — was likely struck by cosmic rays from a star that exploded in another ...

A record-bright LFBOT exposes violent encounters between black holes and stars, helping astronomers understand extreme black ...

If you’ve ever been a victim of your toiletries exploding all over your suitcase–you know just what a nightmare that can be. Even if you secure the caps as tight as possible, or place them inside ...