Hydrogen bombs cause a bigger explosion, which means the shock waves, blast, heat and radiation all have larger reach than an atomic bomb, according to Edward Morse, a professor of nuclear engineering ...

In 1994, astronomers witnessed one of the most dramatic events ever recorded in space when comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 smashed ...

When a nuclear bomb detonates you have just moments to do the right thing, if you haven't been vaporized immediately ...

Does this video truly show Iran deploying a nuclear or thermobaric weapon in its strike against Israel? FACT CHECK. Tempo ...

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 ...

Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn't? Why were ...

Ty Bannerman will read from and sign copies of “Nuclear Family: a memoir of the atomic west” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, as part of the Bad Mouth Reading Series at the q-Staff Theatre, 400 Broadway ...

Gravity nuclear bombs are some of the most dangerous nuclear weapons ever created. These kinds of bombs, also known as fall-free nuclear bombs, are tactical unguided weapons that are dropped from ...

Nuclear testing wasn’t the only thing that went underground in the 1950s in Las Vegas. The true identity of the woman in the Atomic Age’s most iconic photograph was also buried. On May 24, 1957, a ...