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A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion. A nova is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in a ...

STARBASE — The late-night blast sent a fireball more than 2,000 feet into the South Texas sky and shook a miles-long swath of the Rio Grande Valley with the force of the military’s most powerful bombs ...

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...

One expert suggested the phenomenon is actually called "frost cracking" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years. Getty Some ...

Soybean farmers around the world face a persistent and costly enemy hidden beneath the soil: soybean cyst nematode (SCN), a microscopic roundworm that attacks plant roots and drains yields. SCN is one ...

Quinton Aaron’s family has shared a troubling health update as “The Blind Side” star remains “fighting for his life” on life support in the hospital. Doctors reportedly found a rare cyst on the ...

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Massachusetts is already preparing for sub-zero temperatures and a massive snowstorm this weekend, but will residents also have to look out for exploding trees? Not exactly. “Exploding trees” have ...

It’ll be a tree-mendous freeze. Forecasters are warning that expected subzero temperatures could cause trees to explode as a brutal cold snap is expected to wallop most of the country in the coming ...

Krystal Nielson shared her traumatic experience giving birth to her and husband Miles Bowles' second baby, which included a ...