A 15-year-old boy in China suffered the amputation of one arm and nearly lost the sight in one eye due to a blast from a chemical experiment conducted at home. The incident took place in a residential ...

Students watched the spacecraft carrying their experiment explode. — -- Four Tennessee students had the thrill of watching their science experiment being launched into space on board SpaceX's ...

Researchers have detected a gamma-ray burst outside of the Milky Way that's unlike any previously observed. There's no satisfying explanation for the mysterious cosmic explosion, but it may be linked ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual supernova rediscovered in seven-year-old data may be the first example of a new type of exploding star, possibly from a binary star system where helium flows from one white ...

Was a powerful cosmic explosion seen by the Einstein Probe launched by a supermassive black hole snacking on a star, by a gamma-ray burst, or by something entirely new? When you purchase through links ...

A “nerdy” science buff claimed to have caused an explosion while carrying out experiments in his shed, then blamed a life-threatening allergic reaction on his mother’s potpourri, a court has heard.

Harry Whittaker departs the Old Bailey in central London (Jonathan Brady/PA) A “nerdy” science buff claimed to have caused an explosion while carrying out experiments in his shed, then blamed a ...