Shoemaker-Levy 9’s impact with Jupiter was the largest explosion ever recorded in space. With an explosive force rivaling millions of atom bombs, this event reshaped Jupiter’s atmosphere and ...

Scientists have spotted the biggest cosmic explosion ever recorded. This enormous fireball, which is about 8 billion light years away, is approximately 100 times bigger than the solar system.

Astronomers have discovered what they believe to be the largest explosion ever detected. The explosion is more than 10 times brighter than any recorded exploding star - known as a supernova.

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The largest-ever explosion on British soil happened 80 years ago. But it wasn't a missile attack from the Nazis that killed ...

But it still pales in comparison to the largest man-made explosion ever on Earth - the Soviet Union's Tsar Bomba - King of Bombs - detonated in 1961 in the height of the nuclear arms race.

“It was probably the brightest gamma-ray burst we have ever ... explosions, radiation, formation of elements, black holes and other exotic objects, according to ESA to solve some of the biggest ...

"Spectre," the 24th installment of the James Bond series, was recognized in a ceremony Tuesday by Guinness World Records as having the largest film stunt explosion ever. The honor goes to the spy ...

The weapon used a thermonuclear detonation to trigger an additional and even larger explosion, a process that could be used to produce ever-larger blasts. But the Tzar Bomba would represent the ...

3 min read The Cambrian period, part of the Paleozoic era, produced the most intense burst of evolution ever known. The Cambrian Explosion saw an incredible diversity of life emerge, including ...

It was only last October that telescopes spotted a gamma ray burst—caused by the collapse of a black hole—that was so powerful astronomers quickly dubbed it BOAT, for “Brightest of all Time.” ...