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'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.
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 ...
Scientists see huge explosion in space – and it could tell us where life came from Two neutron stars merged and formed the materials required for everything we see around us ...
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 ...
On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia. The impact leveled hundreds of miles of ...
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 ...
We now know SpaceX’s leading theory behind the latest Starship explosion out in Texas.
Scientists have recently observed the most intense explosion ever recorded in the universe, a phenomenon that has both baffled and excited the scientific community. This cosmic event, known as a ...
A rare astronomical event, a nova explosion, could be visible in the night sky soon. It won't occur again for several decades.