A good number of important scientific inquiries center on the physics of explosions. The new facility will help scientists ...

The one-day event will feature explosive science demos, including liquid nitrogen blasts, balloon explosions and fast-paced ...

The Curiosity rover conducted a first-of-its kind experiment on Mars, detecting organic molecules that have never been ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion has astronomers buzzing, as a strange event may hint at an entirely new kind of stellar ...

A study reconstructs the chemical composition of key molecules in stars by analyzing their infrared fingerprints.

A breakthrough experiment has shed new light on one of astrophysics’ biggest mysteries: the origin of rare proton-rich elements. For the first time, scientists directly measured a key reaction that ...

DENVER — Tiny, exploding black holes might explain one of the biggest mysteries about how the universe, in its current form, came to be. In the cosmos, matter is much more common than antimatter. But ...

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A powerful "gamma-ray burst" has been seen exploding from merging neutron stars hidden within a previously unknown mini-galaxy leftover from an ancient cosmic crash. The "collision within a collision" ...

A 17-year-old whiz kid whose Irvine home was at the center of an FBI and hazmat squad probe last week said the search was all because of his science experiment. Federal authorities said they were ...

A 17-year-old whose science experiment led to a massive probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and hazardous materials response in his Irvine neighborhood broke his silence Tuesday, saying ...