From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

A massive star may have burst, leaving behind two dense, dead cores, which then collided and caused another explosion ...

The science pros at TKOR push pyro limits with exploding LEGO and flammable balls experiments.

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

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.

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

What started as a routine task quickly turned into a serious accident. A mistake inside the home led to a sudden explosion ...

The rapid expansion of high-throughput sequencing technologies has generated unprecedented amounts of multi-omics data, ...

In the wake of a wildfire, a vital micronutrient can become a toxic heavy metal—and could eventually make its way into ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

The bright binary star system V Sagittae will flare up multiple times before finally going supernova within the next 100 years. When it explodes, it could be visible to the naked eye even in sunlit ...