During World War II, Allied scientists developed the proximity fuze, a top secret device that allowed anti-aircraft shells to explode automatically when they came close to an aircraft rather than ...

A trailer loaded with fireworks erupted in flames along a Tennessee interstate Saturday night, sending pyrotechnics shooting across the roadway and forcing authorities to temporarily shut down traffic ...

Newly found immune cells called ‘ruptoblasts’ explode when triggered, ejecting toxic chemicals capable of delivering death to surrounding cells in just minutes. The cells’ discoverers say that this ...

A meteor exploded off the coast of Massachusetts on May 30, and video and audio clips shared online captured the fireball and massive boom it caused. NASA confirmed through satellite images that the ...

The unsettling boom, rumble and shaking heard and felt across Greater Boston Saturday afternoon may have come from a meteor. First reports of the sound came at 2:11 p.m. Saturday, according to 1 ...

Imagine waking up to a loud crash from the kitchen, only to find the floor covered in glass and a hole in your oven door where the window used to be. Consumer Reports says hundreds of people have ...

A new math model shows how very condensed spacetime could be part of general relativity. The early universe and compact neutron stars both exemplify these exotic spacetimes. Exotic spacetimes show ...

The clock is ticking for President Donald Trump to get a deal done with Iran. Or maybe it’s the other way around: Iran could be dealing with a ticking time bomb – in its own oil wells! With just days ...

A damaged chemical tank in Southern California has a crack, potentially lowering the risk of a cataclysmic explosion, though an evacuation order remains in effect for some 50,000 area residents with ...

Firefighters have been working through the weekend to cool a chemical tank “literally on the edge” of exploding in Southern California as they worked to avert a disastrous “worst-case” scenario, the ...