A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

Harvard astrophysicist John Brandenburg is convinced that an advanced civilization could have existed on Mars, which was ...

As Iran’s nuclear program advances, the critical question of whether Tehran would need to conduct nuclear tests to ensure its weapons are effective looms over the consciousness of the international ...

In the mid-1960s, federal officials used the salt dome to test underground nuclear explosions. Today, the land looks like any other Mississippi forest — but its history remains radioactive. Why ...

You’ll get a realistic sense of what people felt when watching tests at the Nevada Test Site. When you visit the Ground Zero ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

PROMONTORY, Utah (AP) — An explosion at Northrop Grumman’s remote rocket testing site in northern Utah destroyed a building Wednesday. Officers found no injuries or fatalities in their initial ...

the first full-scale test was made of the implosion type atomic fission bomb. For the first time in history there was a nuclear explosion. And what an explosion! The bomb was not dropped from an ...

The development of a nuclear bomb that would be 24 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II is "significantly ahead of schedule," according to U.S ...

The nuclear test violated the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty to which Israel ... the Israeli scientific intelligence agency responsible for the nuclear missions that led to the Israeli bomb. (Credit: ...

Experts believe that if any secret nuclear test or explosion takes place in Natanz, it can give a big blow to international peace. For breaking news and live news updates, like us on Facebook or ...

In the mid-1960s, federal officials used the salt dome to test underground nuclear explosions. Today, the land looks like any other Mississippi forest — but its history remains radioactive.