This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the detonation of a plutonium device known as "the Gadget" in the Southern New Mexico desert. The test, which sent a giant mushroom cloud ...

It was 80 years ago on July 16 that a mysterious flash of light and a massive explosion rumbled in the New Mexico desert.

A video made with AI showing a mushroom cloud has been shared online as a genuine clip of a "successful" Iranian nuclear bomb ...

The most powerful weapon in the US nuclear arsenal is the B83 nuclear bomb. Developed in the late 1970s and in use since 1983 ...

Ogura can still remember that terrible morning in August, 80 years ago. Her older brother, who later died of cancer from ...

On this week’s “More To The Story,” Daniel Holz from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses why the hands of the ...

If a first strike is designed to cripple an adversary’s ability to retaliate, targeting Hampton Roads would do that, author ...

A terrifying new simulation reveals what really happens when a nuclear bomb detonates—and the truth is more horrifying than you think. From blindness and third-degree burns two miles away to instant ...

FREE TO READ] Facing an existential threat in the 1960s, Israel hastily assembled an atomic device. What will Iran choose to ...

Israel's escalating conflict with Iran over its increased nuclear as brought up speculation about the possible use of one of America's powerful weapons in the conflict.

There are 12,000 nuclear weapons in the world, many of which are controlled by AI. We are close to a catastrophe.

Congress has reinstated the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, providing financial support for those affected by nuclear testing fallout across a now-expanded region.