How to stop your soda from exploding, according to science

It’s wet, you drop it, but think “eh, it’s fine.” You pop the can open and SPLASH—there’s soda all over white shirt. Could ...
Science Daily

Citizen scientists spot rare exploding star in real-time

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 ...

Astronomers capture birth of a magnetar, confirming link to some of universe's brightest exploding stars

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...
IFLScience

Birds Are Exploding In This California City – And No One Knows Why

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...
Live Science

Scientists may have seen a star collapse directly into a black hole without exploding first

A new study looked at how a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy disappeared due to the formation of a black hole When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...
Wall Street Journal

Amateur Stargazers Spot Rare Exploding Star

Stuck on a slow bus in Sofia, Bulgaria, Svetoslav Alexandrov passed the time using a mobile app to compare before-and-after images taken of space. The game, part of a citizen science project, was to ...