The recent discovery of a stupendously powerful neutrino has left scientists scratching their heads. New research suggests it ...

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Texas Tech University canceled classes following a manhole explosion that sparked multiple fires on Wednesday, March 12.

If primordial black holes are real, they may be exploding all around us — and the neutrino detected might be the first clue to this hidden cosmic fireworks show. 'A new eye on the Sun': NASA's ...

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An explosion at a substation at Texas Tech University caused fire and smoke to billow out from manholes on campus, prompting ...

Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that ...

Portions of the University campus in Lubbock were shut down yesterday and remain closed this morning. This comes after ...

All the while, he was digging into exploding black holes, string theory, and the birth of black holes in our own galaxy. In 1988 Hawking wrote A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black ...

Cosmic rays are particles from outer space that travel across the universe. They can be made by the sun, by other stars exploding, and even black holes. They move extremely fast, nearly the speed of ...