'Once-in-a-lifetime event': Nova explosion to look like new star, NASA says First an eclipse, then the aurora borealis. Soon, astronomers will be treated to an explosion in space that's so bright ...

Multiple telescopes observed a rare cosmic explosion called a kilonova that created heavy elements in space, including some necessary for life.

Astronomers have observed an explosion 180 million light years away which challenges our current understanding of explosions in space, that appeared much flatter than ever thought possible.

Author Adam Higginbotham joins John Williams to discuss his book, ‘Challenger:A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the ...

When neutron stars collide, they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently, is shaped almost like a perfect sphere. Although how this is possible is still a mystery, the ...

On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia. The impact leveled hundreds of miles of ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories witnessed a massive explosion in space that created rare chemical elements, some of which are necessary ...

When neutron stars collide, they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently, is shaped almost like a perfect sphere. Although how this is possible is still a mystery ...

Scientists have seen a powerful explosion from a mysterious, unknown object in space. Researchers do not know where the bright flash came from. But they believe that it may be something entirely ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested on X that a high-pressure nitrogen tank failure was behind the explosion of the company's ...

A rare astronomical event, a nova explosion, could be visible in the night sky soon. It won't occur again for several decades.