Scientists have discovered an ultra-bright phenomenon in the distant universe that could have come from a star destroyed by a black hole. The fleeting phenomenon evolves much faster than a supernova but is just as bright as the massive star explosion. Picture shows a magnetar that emits two jets with…
A shocked farmer has revealed how he dug up a deadly British hand grenade as he harvested his crop of asparagus in Germany. The grenade - a Mills bomb No. 36 - was unearthed in a field in Lavelsloh, Nienburg district, Lower Saxony, north-western Germany. After realising what he had…
A heroic rescue dog who travelled to some of the world's worst disaster zones and saved an estimated 53 lives has been diagnosed with a tumour after going into retirement. Frida specialised in helping to save the lives of people buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings in earthquakes and…
A British fishing crew had a lucky escape when their vessel hit a 250-kilogramme WWII bomb that detonated on the seabed and threw the boat around. The explosion took place 22 nautical miles north of the coastal town of Cromer in the English county of Norfolk. The government agency Marine…
The mum of this pretty schoolgirl who was engulfed in flames following an explosion in a science lab experiment gone wrong says her daughter is so badly burnt she cannot even hug her. Annelise Lopes Andrade, 16, suffered burns to 70 percent of her body when she and four of…
This is the moment thick smoke bellows in the air after an explosion on an assault ship at the US Naval Base in San Diego while 160 sailors were on board. The explosion took place on board the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, and one of…
This is the dramatic moment witnesses filming a blaze at a chemical factory suddenly turn and run when a huge explosion occurs. The blast, one of three reported explosions, happened in the town of Chengtou in the coastal city of Lianyungang, in East China’s Jiangsu Province. According to Chinese state…
This is the moment Russian soldiers carry out a huge explosion on a frozen river to clear ice and prevent flooding. The controlled detonation took place on the River Urshak in the district of Chishminsky located in the south-western Russian republic of Bashkortostan and the footage was shared on social…
One worker has died and another 19 people were injured after an explosion at a chemical factory in Barcelona sent debris flying through the air. The explosion took place in the factory owned by chemical company Proquibasa in the Montsolis industrial area in the Verneda neighbourhood of the city of…
Heroic bystanders averted an explosion at a petrol station by pushing a BMW hybrid that suddenly caught fire away from the petrol pump. The hybrid BMW i3 burst into flames at the petrol pump just after being filled up with petrol at a filling station in Ratingen, a town in…