During the Cold War, the United States carried out terrifying classified experiments involving nuclear explosions in space, ...

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to pinpoint the exact moment the world changes. But when the New Mexico dawn ...

Whilst calculating the precise likelihood of nuclear war remains complicated and unpredictable, rising global tensions have heightened that danger. Although numerous countries are working together to ...

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe. By William J. Broad President ...

President Donald Trump's order for the Pentagon to resume nuclear testing has scientists fearing the world is closer than ever to a global catastrophe. Months before Trump's decision on Wednsday, ...