Some of the universe's most extreme explosions leave behind almost no trace. The original explosion is unseen, but our observations can capture the long-lived echo it leaves behind as the shock front ...

“ Avatar: Fire and Ash ” has won the top Visual Effects Society Award for outstanding VFX in a photoreal feature at the 24th Visual Effects Society Awards.

In this viewpoint piece, Emma Kolasinska, executive VFX producer at Bristol-based Lux Aeterna, says a new mindset is needed in the unscripted space when it comes to the potential impact ...

A newly detected X-ray transient may reveal the first direct evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole consuming a white dwarf. A newly observed cosmic outburst is giving astronomers a rare glimpse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in space.

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- The worlds of science and education come together at the Challenger Learning Center in Hammond, Indiana, which honors the legacy of the "Challenger seven," while inspiring ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all 7 crew members. Among the seven crew members were 5 NASA astronauts, as well as a payload specialist ...

The bright orange blast and trails of smoke in the Florida sky on Jan. 28, 1986, supplanted pride and excitement with stunned silence among the children and teens on Long Island and across the nation ...

Their eyes were watching. Some knew something was wrong. Others were slow to realize. Soon everyone came to grief. Forty years ago Space Shuttle Challenger climbed into the clear amid blue skies over ...

Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...