Shoemaker-Levy 9’s impact with Jupiter was the largest explosion ever recorded in space. With an explosive force rivaling millions of atom bombs, this event reshaped Jupiter’s atmosphere and ...

Astronomers have discovered what they believe to be the largest explosion ever detected. The explosion is more than 10 times brighter than any recorded exploding star - known as a supernova.

Scientists have spotted the biggest cosmic explosion ever recorded. This enormous fireball, which is about 8 billion light years away, is approximately 100 times bigger than the solar system.

Scientists have identified a mysterious signal that occurred just minutes before the most powerful explosion in modern times — the eruption of a volcano in the Pacific. When the underwater Hunga ...

Here's how the largest volcanic eruptions measure up ... VEI-0 are usually a steady trickle of lava instead of an explosion. An example is the Hawaiian volcano of Kīlauea. Next is VEI-1, a ...

But it still pales in comparison to the largest man-made explosion ever on Earth - the Soviet Union's Tsar Bomba - King of Bombs - detonated in 1961 in the height of the nuclear arms race.

"Spectre," the 24th installment of the James Bond series, was recognized in a ceremony Tuesday by Guinness World Records as having the largest film stunt explosion ever. The honor goes to the spy ...