The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.

If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new ...

Federal officials have cleared a major production milestone for the newest variant of the ...

The United States has 'diamond stamped' the B61-13 nuclear bomb. This means that the bomb is officially approved for official ...

Scientists in China say a nuclear explosion could be the most effective way to stop a large asteroid—and they may have ...

A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by ...

Iran has “no choice” but to develop a nuclear bomb, a media outlet linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said — the ...

Few names are as closely linked with the atomic bomb as Albert Einstein's. Mention nuclear weapons and, sooner or later, ...

When people think of the nuclear arms race, they typically picture mushroom clouds, ballistic missiles, and world leaders ...

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 ...

Confusion on whether Iran truly needed only “two weeks to four weeks” to make a nuclear weapon, as President Donald Trump suggested on Monday, hangs over the ongoing U.S. and Israeli war on the ...