Officials say one person was killed and 14 others injured in a gas explosion and fires at the top of a 17-story New York City ...

From planet-scorching stellar outbursts to cataclysms so powerful they shiver the very fabric of spacetime, these are some of the biggest blasts our cosmos has to offer ...

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their trajectories, according to new research.

As the threat of falling spacecraft increases, using earthquake sensors to detect the effects of their sonic booms could ...

For several tense minutes, anyone tuned into a routine International Space Station livestream heard what sounded like an ...

Most starships in Star Trek are able to travel across the galaxy at faster-than-light speeds through the use of warp drives ...

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) instruments, the U.S.

Four saturation divers were returning from a routine shift when a single clamp was released too early. In less than a second, compressed gas expanded with catastrophic force. What should have taken ...

We're revisiting live broadcasts from Cape Canaveral, with one of the local reporters who covered the launch in real time. Almost 40 years ago, the Challenger space shuttle broke apart, claiming the ...

A firsthand account of an explosion along the Venezuelan coast on Dec. 18 is raising questions about who may have been responsible for the attack and whether it was connected to the U.S.’ escalating ...

BRISTOL, Pa. (WPVI) -- A 71-year-old woman who is blind is recovering from severe injuries after an explosion last week at Bristol Health and Rehab Center that killed two people and injured 20 others.

MURDOCK, Neb. (WOWT) - One person was found dead after an explosion near Murdock Saturday morning. A release from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to reports of a house ...