On July 16, 1945, the US conducted the world's first test of a nuclear weapon. Less than a month later, two bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing about the ...

The blast that devastated large parts of Beirut in August was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history, experts say. The Sheffield University, UK, team says a best estimate for the ...

However, the Soviet Union did in fact manage to put nuclear explosions to good use for civilian ends. One of the first examples was using a nuke to plug an out-of-control gas well in the mid 1960s.

With recent tensions between the US and Iran, you might be hearing a fair bit about nuclear weapons. They are considered the most destructive weapons in the world - their explosions are so ...

Frightening reports have emerged from Iran. Several powerful explosions have been reported in proximity to the Nuclear ...

On July 16, 1945, the U.S. conducted the world's first nuclear bomb test in the New Mexico desert as part of the Manhattan Project, which led to the detonations of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

China is the only nuclear-weapon state to have voted in favor of a new UN study on the effects of nuclear war last week.

The 18 October explosion—the equivalent of 16.3 tons of TNT—took place in Aqueduct Mesa "P Tunnel" at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). Seismic, acoustic and electromagnetic waves from ...

A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it survived a massive ...

In its natural state, common uranium (U-238) can't generate destructive nuclear explosions. It either must be enriched—made more concentrated in a rare form of uranium (U-235)—or converted ...

Before you head to the fallout shelter, keep in mind that experts do not believe Tuesday’s explosion was a nuclear detonation By Jeff Schogol Posted on Aug 4, 2020 8:14 PM EDT Amateur strategic ...