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 ...

Ettore Majorana vanished in March 1938. According to Frank Close in Destroyer of Worlds, the 31-year-old Sicilian physicist ...

The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on ...

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." ...

As President Donald Trump is warming to the idea of using US military assets to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, officials ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, signalling an unprecedented threat of global catastrophe.

The US recently let another country take control of its bombs for the first time. It let Norway take control in flight and steer them toward targets. Norway was testing its technology to make ...

Explore the fascinating journey of India from a partitioned nation to a nuclear powerhouse, how it defied the established ...

The Trump administration should embrace a North Korea strategy that aims to contain escalation, not keep a white-knuckled ...

Washington (CNN) — As President Donald Trump is warming to the idea of using US military assets to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, officials and experts have suggested the US’ 30,000-pound ...

Testing for the bomb began in 2004 amid the heightened concern about weapons of mass destruction, Dahlgren said. One of the factors that led to its development, he added, were studies that showed ...

President Donald Trump’s order to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities presents a new test of the Constitution and the extent of ...