US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year.

On Pokharan anniversary, we look at how India's techno diplomacy saved it from meeting the same fate as what is happening to ...

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

We look at some of the major recent and upcoming science and technology achievements made possible by Indian talent.

Despite being the most abundant particles in the universe, neutrinos are notoriously difficult to detect.

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when ...

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.

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

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

According to the US Department of Energy, nuclear thermal propulsion can reduce travel times to Mars by up to 25% and, more ...

As Elon Musk's SpaceX works toward a May 19 debut of its third-generation Starship, here's a look back at all the previous test flights to date.