People sometimes ask what would happen if the Sun suddenly exploded, often after seeing a dramatic film or picture online. It is an understandable question, especially for children, because the Sun ...

A SpaceX test flight endangered several packed passenger jets when it unexpectedly exploded over the Caribbean earlier this year, according to newly-released documents from the Federal Aviation ...

SpaceX said it experienced an anomaly with one if its Starlink satellites that was likely caused by a small explosion. "The anomaly led to venting of the propulsion tank, a rapid decay in semi-major ...

When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the universe with heavy elements such as carbon and iron. Another type of ...

An annual generator stress test gone awry Monday caused an explosion to boom from the belly of Fox Tower, prompted a building-wide evacuation and vented smoke from the 27-story commercial skyscraper ...

When a delicate object crashes onto the floor, most people expect it to shatter into several pieces. What they might not know, however, is that the sizes of those fragments—whether from a broken plate ...

The car exploded near a metro station in a historic part of New Delhi on Monday night. Officials are investigating and security is tight around the region. By Jin Yu Young Officials in India’s capital ...

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS recently made its closest pass of the Sun, or perihelion, brightening up in observations as solar radiation caused it to shed gases at an immense rate. The ...

Firefighters working the site of a small brush fire in Los Angeles that officials said later reignited into the devastating Palisades Fire were ordered to leave the original burn scene despite tree ...

The U.S. army will deploy small nuclear reactors built at military bases. Its support for nuclear energy highlights the potential for the SMRs that NuScale Power is building. Today's catalyst for ...

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