At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity entered a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico. As the blast, known as the Trinity nuclear test, vaporised the surrounding desert, it also created something incredible.

If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new study published by Chinese scientists. But how exactly would this work?

An explosion has reportedly occurred in Bushehr city, southern Iran, as reported by Iran’s Mehr News Agency. The city is home to Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant, which has been a focal point in the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear and energy infrastructure.

When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The country’s then-supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, even went ...

Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of U.S. Space Command, recently made waves when he publicly discussed a major threat that America’s newest military branch recently war-gamed — that of an adversary detonating a nuclear weapon in space. At first ...

NASA visualization showing a cross-section of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio) Wrapped around our world like a giant invisible donut is one of Earth's strangest features.

Atomic Bomb Safety for Students. American students learned safety and preparedness in case of an atomic bomb explosion in this 1951 "Duck and Cover" public awareness campaign vide