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

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

Catholic bishops to join pilgrimage of peace to Japan on anniversary of atomic bombings The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan. | Credit: Oilstreet via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.5) ...

Long a taboo, Brussels opened the door to EU funding for nuclear power this month in a sign of the growing support atomic energy is enjoying within the bloc.

In 1947, Kix cereal ran a promotion for an "Atomic Bomb Ring" that contained radioactive polonium-210, one of the deadliest radioactive substances known to man.

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.

TOKYO (AP) — A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of ...

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.

Nagasaki cathedral blesses a bell that replaces one destroyed by the US atomic bomb A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being ...

On July 16, 1945, the Nuclear Age erupted into being, with the atomic bomb’s first test, code-named Trinity, in the desert of New Mexico.

Experts warned at a panel discussion Wednesday that the threat of nuclear war is increasing — but unlike in years past, many are oblivious to the threat.