Explosions can damage brain cells and blood vessels even when scans look normal, leaving lasting symptoms that are often missed.

I don’t know whether my life would have turned out differently if I had more access to science at an early age. Nevertheless, ...

In the nearby Andromeda Galaxy, a massive star bright enough to stand out for years has gone dark. Not in a blaze of glory.

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

An international team of astronomers has conducted photometric and spectroscopic observations of a recently discovered ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

Last year, an explosion at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh killed two U.S. Steel workers and injured 11 ...

"This provides observational evidence of black hole formation in real time, suggests that many black holes may form without ...

Professor of Political Science, Jibrin Ibrahim, says political inaction and stalled reforms risk pushing Nigeria into a full-blown national crisis.

The team discovered the star by analyzing archival data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission. They used a prediction from the 1970s that theorized that when a star underwent direct collapse, it would leave ...

So, what this new paper is proposing is that the 2023 neutrino detection was a signature of the explosion of a black hole ...

In response to a query from Ars about the engine test anomalies, Rocket Lab Chief Executive Officer Pete Beck downplayed concerns.