Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory study shows that the formation of radioactive fallout is more complex than some ...

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

The prediction market would've paid out to traders if a nuclear weapon had been detonated anywhere in the world before a specific date.Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ...

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity lurched into the birth of a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico .

A revisit to the historic Trinity nuclear test reveals how the world's first atomic explosion in 1945 created a rare radioactive mineral called trinitite.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything humans had created before.

Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...

Polymarket removed a market that allowed traders to bet on the likelihood of a nuclear detonation around the world, after the U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran led to a spike in trading and sudden ...