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Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Authorities have suspended the pyrotechnic licenses of two men following the devastating explosion and fire at a fireworks storage facility in Yolo County earlier this month, Cal Fire ...

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

For years, scientists have suspected that stars can meet their doom by a one-two punch of back-to-back explosions — but ...

Ogura can still remember that terrible morning in August, 80 years ago. Her older brother, who later died of cancer from ...

The 4th of July is here and firework shows are gearing up for their big night!However, the weather will play an important ...

Plus: New lengths immigrants are going to for legal fee fundraising. | Reparations for atom bomb victims 80 years after the Trinity Test.

In this except from the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, we hear from the people at the historic first test of the atomic bomb in New Mexico.

More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons program.

The connection between Superman and Kryptonite is so firmly established in American culture that “Kryptonite” has become ...