DENVER — Tiny, exploding black holes might explain one of the biggest mysteries about how the universe, in its current form, came to be. In the cosmos, matter is much more common than antimatter. But ...

2026 is a big year for SpaceX's Starship, the biggest and most ambitious rocket ever built. The third version of the still-in-development launch vehicle will debut soon (maybe), which will be the ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory. By Dennis Overbye On Feb. 13, 2023, a ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun. By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Wednesday ...

An extremely rare "daytime fireball" meteor was recently spotted streaking across sunny blue skies over the eastern U.S. after a fridge-size space rock exploded and triggered a powerful sonic boom.

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Reporter Paul Linnman and photographer Doug Brazil visited the Oregon Coast on November 12, 1970 during what eventually became known as the Exploding Whale Incident. (KATU) FLORENCE, Ore. (Amazing ...