This is a massive star that exploded 35,000 years ago, and the deep-sky image just won an award – a first in the prestigious ...

On February 15, 2013, a small asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The shock wave from this explosion damaged thousands of ...

Welcome to the void. Black holes remain the most mysterious and destructive force in our Universe. And when one explodes, the devastation permanently changes the structure of the Universe. But what if ...

Two weeks before Apollo 11, the Soviet Union launched its Saturn V rival, the N1, and watched it detonate in one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions ever recorded. Using declassified ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

An explosion and fire at a fireworks shop in eastern China has killed eight people and left two others with minor burns.

United Launch Alliance suffered yet another fiery burn-through on one of its solid rocket boosters during a national security mission Thursday.

Charleston, SC, astronomy professor answers questions from high school students about wormholes, black holes, colonizing Mars, outer space odors and more.

A dazzling new Hubble image peels back the layers of the mysterious Egg Nebula, a rare and fleeting phase in a Sun-like star’s death just 1,000 light-years away. Hidden inside a dense cocoon of dust, ...

On its second mission in October 2024, a side-mounted booster used to provide extra thrust experienced a small explosion shortly after liftoff. Despite the incident, the rocket completed its mission.

In response to a query from Ars about the engine test anomalies, Rocket Lab Chief Executive Officer Pete Beck downplayed concerns.