A rapidly brightening burst of light called AT 2024wpp, or "the Whippet", is baffling astronomers. One explanation is that it ...

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

Superluminous supernovas are the brightest stellar explosions in the universe. Astronomers may have found a mechanism that can trigger these events.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals new clues about a mysterious cosmic explosion that defies expectations. Researchers are investigating an unusual event in deep space that has left scientists ...

Eight workers at the Byron Nuclear Generating Station were hospitalized after a chemical leaked from a holding tank.

Tel Aviv/Beirut2:32 a.m. March 12 The fighting in the Middle East showed no sign of letup, as the Pentagon told Congress that the first six days of the war had cost the U.S. at least $11.3 billion.

EUSTIS, Fla. — Florida’s State Fire Marshal is investigating an explosion that took place at a Eustis jewelry store Thursday morning, sending one person to the hospital. According to city officials, ...

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers have traced a short-duration gamma-ray burst event called GRB 230906A to a faint dwarf galaxy embedded in a vast stream of ...