To clarify, this is not a thermonuclear bomb (which uses nuclear fusion). Traditional hydrogen bombs work through nuclear fusion, a process where atomic nuclei combine under intense pressure to ...

The Tsar Bomba, the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, remains an iconic and terrifying testament to the destructive power of nuclear energy. Developed by the Soviet Union during ...

Eventually, Teller's H-Bomb would be developed by both sides and dominate the nuclear arsenals of each country, as well as several others, with over 40,000 thermonuclear weapons built by the late ...

A hydrogen bomb, also known as a thermonuclear bomb, can create explosive force hundreds or even thousands of times greater than an atomic bomb. Here's how the H-bomb contains such massive power.

Russian nuclear physicist Grigory Klinishov, co-creator of the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, has been found dead in his apartment in Moscow, local media reported on Wednesday.

The mayor of Greater Manchester calls on the government to act while the remaining survivors of the UK's 1950s nuclear tests ...

Next month it will have been 80 years since the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by nuclear attacks.

"Go to the basement or middle of the building. Stay away from the outer walls and roof because radioactive material will ...

North Korea said it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb in its latest nuclear test Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. Outside experts haven't been able to verify that claim, but say it's plausible.

Although the first hydrogen bomb was constructed to his specifications, Garwin was not even present to witness its detonation at Enewetak. “I’ve never seen a nuclear explosion,” he said in ...