In the early hours of December 11, 2005, a fuel tank at the Buncefield oil depot quietly overflowed. Sensors, alarms, and ...

The biggest explosion seen in the universe has been found. This record-breaking, gargantuan eruption came from a black hole in a distant galaxy cluster hundreds of millions of light years away.

The vast emptiness of space is growing emptier one star at a time. That's because 80 billion lightyears from Earth, three cosmic beasts are devouring stars ten times the size of the sun. The ...

Morning “kablooey” at Black Diamond Pool, Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park! This pool was the site of a hydrothermal ...

For the second time in as many days, Israel mounted a late night air raid on Syrian military facilities that were allegedly holding weapons destined for Hezbollah. This attack produced some of the ...

"In science fiction, there are scenes where a beam is fired at something to destroy it, causing an explosion with debris flying back at the shooter. Similar things occur in real astronomical phenomena ...