Scientists have seen a powerful explosion from a mysterious, unknown object in space. Researchers do not know where the bright flash came from. But they believe that it may be something entirely ...

A loud explosion-like sound was reportedly heard as a strange object was thrown near Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida during a speech on Saturday. During his outdoor speech in the city of ...

The flattest explosion ever detected in the universe has left astronomers baffled. They say the observation of an extremely rare pancake-like blast challenges everything that is known about explosions ...

Robert Brownlee was on the Operation Plumbbob team that launched an object in space before Sputnik. They put a manhole cover above a nuke underground, and the explosion shot the iron cap into space.

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