Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

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

A week after a massive explosion at a fireworks facility in Esparto killed seven people and injured two more, questions remain about the cause of the blast, whether workers at the facility could have ...

A massive fire erupted at a nursing home in eastern Pennsylvania following a possible gas explosion, officials said.

A SpaceX Starship spacecraft, the upper portion of the most powerful launch system ever built, exploded during its eighth test flight Thursday, disrupting air traffic and marking the second ...

In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in the areas of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, ...

A nuclear winter is a theoretical concept, but if the climate scenario expected to follow a large-scale nuclear war, in which smoke and soot from firestorms block sunlight, came to fruition, global ...