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 FBI has announced the seizure of the biggest stockpile of explosives in its history, which were found in a farmer’s ...

A Virginia man was arrested on a gun charge, and investigators say they found a stockpile of pipe bombs at his home.

Watch: The atmospheric disturbance in the form of Lamb waves circled the globe. Video looped three times. (Himawari-8/JMA/NCEO/@simon_sat) The eruption of the Tonga ...

NASA is about to make history. Its Parker Solar Probe is set to fly closer to the sun than any object in history. The mission is years in the making.

Israel's demilitarization of Syria continued with one of its biggest ... an explosion that registered on the Richter scale. On Sunday, Israel launched the "most violent round ever" of airstrikes ...

The Halifax explosion on December 6, 1917 wiped out six square kilometres of the city. It was the largest manmade explosion the world had known. (National Archives of Canada) Ships carrying ...

This is a supernova explosion. Astronomers aim to understand ... Two months later, an earthquake triggered the largest landslide ever recorded, releasing built up pressure in the magma chamber ...