The blinding burst of light from a nuclear detonation follows, yet it quickly fades into an unexpectedly small mushroom cloud ...

They found that striking a target with multiple nuclear munitions in rapid succession leaves a bigger crater and causes way ...

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When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New Mexico desert recognized they were playing with fire. Physicist Enrico Fermi ...

With New Mexico being the birthplace of the atomic bomb, it only makes sense that our state’s national labs are also ...

The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on fire and destroying all life on Earth. Even after the renowned physicist Hans ...

The Alaska Earthquake Center says its equipment picked up seismic activity after North Korea's claimed detonation of a hydrogen bomb Tuesday. But the seismic reaction is almost the same as the seismic ...

The rapid development of long-distance war drones has scared Russia into installing protection nets much further away from ...

Since China’s first atomic test in 1964, its nuclear arsenal has evolved from deterrence to coercion, enabling Beijing’s ...

Significant activity on Russia's Novaya Zemlya archipelago indicates an impending test of the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, known as Skyfall by NATO. The Burevestnik, a complex system ...

When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New Mexico desert recognized they were playing with fire. Physicist Enrico Fermi ...