Scientists trying to work out whether a star exploded and the resulting debris crashed into Earth 10 million years ago may be one step closer to solving the mystery. They discovered an unusual amount ...

A team of nuclear physicists has pulled off something that, until recently, existed only in theoretical models and the violent surfaces of collapsed stars: they recreated a thermonuclear reaction ...

ARE mini black holes raining down through the Earth’s atmosphere? It’s possible, says a team of physicists. They think this could explain mysterious observations from mountain-top experiments over the ...

Earth may owe some of its properties to a nearby star that blew up just as the solar system was forming. This pattern, which saw a supernova bubble envelop the sun and shower it with cosmic rays, may ...