The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory study shows that the formation of radioactive fallout is more complex than some ...

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity lurched into the birth of a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything humans had created before.

Evidence that Russia is racing to perfect a nuclear-armed spacecraft to target Western satellites is sparking the U.S. and its Allies to strengthen their space defenses.

Forty years after Chernobyl changed history forever, discover 17 fascinating and heartbreaking facts about the world’s worst ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. military has suffered dozens of “Broken Arrow” nuclear weapons accidents—events involving lost weapons, accidental releases, or other serious mishaps. -Most were ...

A revisit to the historic Trinity nuclear test reveals how the world's first atomic explosion in 1945 created a rare radioactive mineral called trinitite.

The official verdict warns a nuclear incident at the STEP fusion project in Nottinghamshire could lead to “contamination of ...