Astronomers have been exploring whether these huge stellar explosions could be acting as deep space beacons.
Scientists have found a way to reliably tell the difference between a natural earthquake and an underground nuclear explosion.
SETI astronomers are looking for signs of extraterrestrial communications within the vicinity of a large stellar explosion.
The eruption, which occurred in January, was larger than any other eruption or atomic bomb detonation in the last 100 years.
Authorities in Tennessee were left scratching their heads at the weekend after reports of a mysterious explosion.
Scientists have spotted an explosion five times greater than anything seen since the birth of the universe.
Efforts are underway to prove once and for all that the 1908 Tunguska explosion was caused by a meteor.
A gas explosion caused a fire on Monday at the Vector Institute biological research facility in Siberia.
A top-secret nuclear powered missile named 'Skyfall' is thought to have caused a recent fatal explosion.
A new study has linked a 2.6 million-year-old supernova explosion with our ancestors' move to bipedalism.
Scientists have discovered a grain of dust left over from a stellar explosion that predated our solar system.
Loud explosions have been occurring in the middle of the night in northeastern Sacramento for months.
A Russian satellite has picked up mysterious 'explosions of light' in our planet's upper atmosphere.
An unexplained explosion has been discovered in the deepest X-ray image of our universe ever taken.
The private space firm has resumed operations following the explosion of one of its rockets last year.
The private space firm is planning to begin launching satellites again following last year's explosion.
The private space firm has finally figured out what caused its rocket to explode back in September.
An unmanned SpaceX rocket at Cape Canaveral has been destroyed in an explosion prior to launch.
After a smooth launch, ESA's ExoMars probe was almost blown to pieces in a rocket stage explosion.
The cloud of gas will trigger an explosion of star formation but will take 30 million years to get here.