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Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all 7 crew members. Among the seven crew members were 5 NASA astronauts, as well as a payload specialist ...

For the first time, astronomers have captured radio signals from a rare exploding star, exposing what happened in the years leading up to its death. The radio waves reveal that the star violently shed ...

A two-month-old Galaxy S25 Plus exploded while charging in November 2025, and the affected user reports that Samsung has now admitted liability. The company has reportedly agreed to cover the cost of ...

A pair of incredible images taken at the very moment two different stars exploded are also an accurate representation of how our feeble minds are being melted at the awesome but terrifying cosmic ...

A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion. A nova is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in a ...

Fire likely ignited by sparklers attached to champagne bottles, prosecutor says At least 40 killed, 119 injured, some still fighting for their lives Video verified by Reuters shows young man trying to ...

A Las Vegas gun range provided a man a Soviet-era submachine gun that exploded after a malfunction, which left him with “severe and debilitating injuries,” according to a lawsuit filed in Clark County ...

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 ...

SpaceX said it experienced an anomaly with one if its Starlink satellites that was likely caused by a small explosion. "The anomaly led to venting of the propulsion tank, a rapid decay in semi-major ...

An anomaly caused a sudden drop in altitude and a debris field. An anomaly caused a sudden drop in altitude and a debris field. is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric ...

When a delicate object crashes onto the floor, most people expect it to shatter into several pieces. What they might not know, however, is that the sizes of those fragments—whether from a broken plate ...