When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the universe with heavy elements such as carbon and iron. Another type of ...

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, triggering one of the worst environmental disasters in modern history. Eleven crew members lost their lives, and ...

A SpaceX test flight endangered several packed passenger jets when it unexpectedly exploded over the Caribbean earlier this year, according to newly-released documents from the Federal Aviation ...

Bud’s camper erupts without warning, sending debris and smoke into the air. The blast draws both the sheriff and the fire department to the scene. What unfolds next turns a small incident into full ...

Shocking video captured the moment NASCAR racer Greg Biffle’s small plane exploded into a fireball as it crashed on an airport runway, killing the pro driver along with his wife, kids and three family ...

ASHLAND — A natural-gas line accidentally cut Thursday morning — and in the process of being repaired by utility crews for some two hours — instead violently exploded, hospitalizing six people and ...

The explosion does not seem criminal in nature, emergency officials said. One person is dead after a U-Haul truck appears to have accidentally exploded in a parking lot in Idaho early Saturday, ...

A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses. By Soumya Karlamangla A gas line exploded on Thursday in a Bay Area city, ...

Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, which sits within the Milky Way X-ray: NASA / CXC / SAO; Optical: NASA / ESA / STScI; IR: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Milisavljevic et al., NASA / JPL / CalTech; Image ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six ...

HAYWARD, Calif. (KGO) -- A gas explosion set off a major fire in a Hayward neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby homes. Six people were ...

A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six people were taken to ...