Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...

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A trailer loaded with fireworks erupted in flames along a Tennessee interstate Saturday night, sending pyrotechnics shooting across the roadway and forcing authorities to temporarily shut down traffic ...

The clock is ticking for President Donald Trump to get a deal done with Iran. Or maybe it’s the other way around: Iran could be dealing with a ticking time bomb – in its own oil wells! With just days ...

Many have puzzled over the haunting photo of the Ford Pinto with the motorcycle, and Mount St. Helens exploding in the background. Who took it? Did they survive? Daniel Strohl solved the mystery, and ...

WASHINGTON — The race for D.C.’s non-voting delegate seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is underway. Now, two high-profile D.C. councilmembers running for the seat are at odds. At-Large D.C.

The race to succeed D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) in Congress took a bitter turn Monday evening when a Democratic candidate posted a 67-page dossier of opposition research on one of her main ...

DENVER — Tiny, exploding black holes might explain one of the biggest mysteries about how the universe, in its current form, came to be. In the cosmos, matter is much more common than antimatter. But ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...