The Challenger exploded due to the failure of faulty rubber rings on the rocket booster.

Several transformers exploded due to an electrical load, with components like switchgear and cables destroyed in the process.

In just over a decade since its discovery, research on graphene has exploded due to a number of potential applications in electronics, materials, and medicine.

Rat numbers have exploded due to unusually dry conditions and threaten more than 5.5 million hectares of grasslands, the report said.