Astronomers may have discovered one of the clearest examples yet of a rare "pair-instability" supernova. It is a catastrophic explosion thought to completely destroy some of the most massive stars in the universe,

May 30, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend

Meteor impacts such as February’s explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia, the most powerful observed in a century, may occur more frequently than thought. An analysis of recorded impacts over the past two decades suggests that Chelyabinsk-sized objects ...

Astronomers studying gravitational waves have found statistical evidence for a long-predicted class of stellar explosion so powerful it can tear apart the cores of the most massive stars in the universe. By analyzing the masses of merging black holes ...

Nearly 80 years after the event, trinitite still has the power to amaze.