Physicists have long believed that black holes explode at the end of their lives, and that such explosions happen—at most—only once every 100,000 years. But new research published in Physical Review ...

Many a puzzled British housewife waited anxiously last week for the world to blow to pieces. As these matrons sat in their comfortable homes, a quiet voice from the radio had told them that the ...

PARIS: An immensely powerful flash detected earlier this year was created by a massive star exploding when the universe was just five percent of its current age, astronomers said on Tuesday. The flash ...

Physicists think we could see such an explosion in the next 10 years - and it would 'revolutionize physics and rewrite the history of the universe'. This artist’s concept takes a fanciful approach to ...