Space around Earth is filling with discarded hardware, shattered fragments and derelict satellites just as governments and companies race to launch thousands more spacecraft. The risk is no longer ...

SpaceX confirmed that one Starlink satellite recently exploded in orbit, and it is now tumbling to re-enter the planet.

Scientists have recently observed the most intense explosion ever recorded in the universe, a phenomenon that has both baffled and excited the scientific community. This cosmic event, known as a gamma ...

Thankfully, no one was hurt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Emergency responders were called to a Northrop Grumman manufacturing ...

A space explosion detected this summer burned for days on end, making it the longest and most unusual gamma-ray burst ever seen. Gamma-ray bursts are the universe’s most powerful explosions. They ...

Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a before-and-after image of a star exploding brightly. With the images one year apart, the contrast shows how bright a supernova is, and how that ...