It launched the highest volcanic plume ever seen, and shook sensors from New Zealand to Austria. But the ash lacked the one ...

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

PSR J2322-2650 b is pulled and stretched with a lemon-like appearance due to the immense gravity that surrounds it. The gravity is so strong that the planet cannot retain its spherical shape. Instead, ...

According to SpaceX, the satellite will reenter Earth's atmosphere within weeks, and the event poses no danger to the crew of the International Space Station.

SpaceX confirmed that one Starlink satellite recently exploded in orbit, and it is now tumbling to re-enter the planet.

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and ...

Astronomers used major telescopes across the world to probe a cosmic explosion 8 billion light-years from the solar system.

New images reveal that stellar eruptions unfold in chaotic stages, with twisting outflows and late ejections that power ...

A gas explosion started a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday, blowing out windows in homes and sending heavy smoke into the air. Fire officials said six people were taken ...

A fire and explosion rocked a neighborhood near Hayward on Thursday. Witnesses said it felt like a powerful earthquake. They described debris scattered and windows being blown out. Six people were ...

A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses. By Soumya Karlamangla A gas line exploded on Thursday in a Bay Area city, ...