Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to ...

Letter writers discuss Iran nuclear enrichment, President Trump and White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.

Nuclear war is much more unpredictable than asteroids, but, unlike the dinosaurs of 66 million years ago, humans can avoid causing their own extinction.

The mystery of how a Russian cargo ship sank deepened after it was revealed that the vessel suffered multiple explosions ...

The vessel, the Ursa Major, went down in the Mediterranean Sea on December 23, 2024, after a series of explosions tore ...

Under questioning from Senator Richard Blumenthal, Wright detailed the extent of Iran's nuclear progress. He noted that while ...

In 1983, the film "WarGames" imagined a teenager who accidentally accessed a Pentagon computer system and triggered a ...

A Russian ship that sank after its engine room exploded in the Mediterranean could have been carrying parts for nuclear reactors used in submarines, according to Spanish government documents.

New details surrounding the sinking of the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major in December ...

After years of corruption, illegal chemical storage, and ignored safety violations, a massive warehouse at the Port of ...

When atmospheric chemists Paul Crutzen and John Birks added smoke into their computer models of nuclear war scenarios, they ...