Watch how the first atomic bomb test unfolded, as scientists pushed the limits of physics in a race to end the war. Behind the scenes, there were real fears that the explosion could trigger a chain ...

At 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, briefly became a furnace unlike any on Earth’s surface ...

As Bangladesh enters the nuclear era with Rooppur, it joins a world still grappling with the legacy of atomic destruction and the urgency of clean energy. The question is no longer whether nuclear ...

Concrete crumbling like sand, their faces burning red from the radiation. Sky News speaks to Chernobyl workers who did everything they could to prevent a second explosion forty years ago.

Mushroom-shaped cloud and water column from the underwater Baker nuclear explosion (Image: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) With the war in Iran re-igniting fears of WW3 ...

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 ...

Sunday, April 26, marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union.

When atmospheric chemists Paul Crutzen and John Birks added smoke into their computer models of nuclear war scenarios, they ...