In 1957, scientists detonated a nuclear bomb under the Nevada desert — and launched a steel manhole cover at unimaginable ...

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 ...