The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory study shows that the formation of radioactive fallout is more complex than some ...

The prediction market would've paid out to traders if a nuclear weapon had been detonated anywhere in the world before a specific date.Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ...

Fresh fears and conspiracy theories are spreading after a massive nighttime explosion rocked Beit Shemesh in central Israel. Dramatic footage showed a giant mushroom cloud of fire and smoke lighting ...

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity lurched into the birth of a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear ...

A revisit to the historic Trinity nuclear test reveals how the world's first atomic explosion in 1945 created a rare radioactive mineral called trinitite.

Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...

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 ...

A massive explosion and mushroom cloud visuals over central Israel have triggered panic and intense online speculation. Videos showing a giant fireball near Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh quickly went ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything humans had created before.