LAKEWOOD−Police are investigating a small explosion Saturday night involving a "lit object" thrown from a pickup truck. The explosion happened shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Squankum and Shafto roads.

Scientists have seen a powerful explosion from a mysterious, unknown object in space. Researchers do not know where the bright flash came from. But they believe that it may be something entirely ...

An international team of US and UK astronomers have spotted the most distance explosion, and possibly the most distant object, ever seen in the universe, according to a new paper to appear in the ...

This story was updated at 3 p.m. ET. BOSTON — A short, extremely bright explosion of light recently spotted in the night sky may be the most distant object ever seen in the universe, astronomers say.

A powerfulstellar explosion that has shattered the record for the most distant objectvisible to the naked eye was detected by NASA's Swift satellite on Wednesday. Theexplosion, known as a ...