On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

The Government envisaged the impact of bomb blasts in London, with the force described as equivalent to what was unleashed on ...

An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential ...

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were ...

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...

The world entered its nuclear epoch 80 years ago on August 6, 1945. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of ...

Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor warned world leaders about the nuclear warheads that still exist.

The United States launched the Nagasaki attack on August 9, 1945, killing 70,000 by the end of that year, three days after ...

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.

Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.

July 16 marks 80 years since the first atomic bomb was detonated. The specter of nuclear annihilation has been with us ever since.

As we look toward 2025, the threat posed by nuclear weapons remains as potent as ever, with the potential for catastrophic destruction. The scale of destruction caused by atomic bombs is staggering.