The mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at the Trinity Test Site near Alamagordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. The congressional spending bill expands and reauthorizes a compensation ...

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Science writer, Mark Lynas, in his timely and extremely important book, Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2025), describes the effects of a nuclear explosion.

The sound of the blast reached the Great Wall of China more than 90 miles away. The event reportedly even created the mushroom-shaped cloud typically associated with nuclear explosions.

In the 1950s the military tried several new atomic weapons, including firing a nuclear warhead from a 280mm artillery piece. The test worked.

Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he advised presidents and devoted his life to undoing the danger he created.

Many scientists contributed to the final result, but he was the one who, as a young physicist, designed the world’s most powerful weapon. He went on to advise a dozen presidents.

In fact, what's the difference between atomic bombs vs. nuclear bombs, if there even is one? The answer depends on how the explosion is triggered.

The blast at the Shahid Rajaei port happened as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

At least 25 people have been injured after a massive fire broke out in Putra Heights, Malaysia, following a gas pipeline explosion. According to local reports, the blaze, which started near a gas ...

When it was tested in October 1961, the Tsar Bomb released a mushroom cloud that was 60km high. Now, the popular content creator Zack and his team put together a short video to explain how it would ...