"In science fiction, there are scenes where a beam is fired at something to destroy it, causing an explosion with debris flying back at the shooter. Similar things occur in real astronomical phenomena ...

A meteor explosion has been captured from space for the first time ever, thanks to a team aboard the International Space ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon an incredible cosmic chain reaction: a young star launched a high-speed jet that ignited an explosion, creating a massive bubble in space that is now slamming back into ...

A Rutgers astrophysicist is helping to solve a cosmic puzzle that has astronomers scratching their heads. The mystery centers on a powerful explosion in space that lasted far longer than anything they ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have contributed to new insights into the most long-lived cosmic explosion ever recorded. The event was a gamma-ray burst that remained ...

Astronomers have released a rare time-lapse video showing the violent expansion of a dead star over two decades. The footage ...