(Craig Taylor/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A sprinkling of radioactive plutonium atoms hidden in the ocean floor may trace back ...

Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.

When a nuclear accident happens, it’s vital that scientists have accurate fallout models.

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...

By recreating a nuclear fireball, scientists uncovered unexpected chemistry that could change how radioactive fallout is ...

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity entered a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico. As the blast, known as the Trinity nuclear test, vaporised the ...

Secrecy continues to shroud the biggest bomb ever exploded on Australian soil, 70 years after it was detonated during the ...

An Iranian state television channel has reportedly blamed an "editing mistake" after briefly airing footage that appeared to ...

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. The Chernobyl disaster is the worst nuclear ...

China said US claims that it was carrying out nuclear explosive tests were baseless, and it accused Washington of being the main cause of uncertainty over the global nuclear order, according to a ...