The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant reveals that massive exploding stars can forge far more of life's essential ingredients ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

Today’s leading AI models can already write and refine their own software. The question is whether that self-improvement can ...

Considering risks to both those inside the lab and people in the community can help minimize hazards—and make chemistry more ...

Children who have not yet reached adolescence, do not understand sexuality, cannot legally consent to anything meaningful, ...

DAHLGREN, Va.  –  Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division recently fired high-speed projectiles into timed explosions ...

Scientists have discovered that shear forces inside rising magma can create gas bubbles long before pressure drops occur. The intensity of a volcanic eruption is shaped by how many gas bubbles develop ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

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 ...