In a massive explosion of a black hole ripping apart a star, a dense gas cocoon was found surrounding the explosion, ...

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) instruments, the U.S.

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed ...

A week after a massive explosion at a fireworks facility in Esparto killed seven people and injured two more, questions remain about the cause of the blast, whether workers at the facility could have ...

In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in the areas of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, ...