Watch how the first atomic bomb test unfolded, as scientists pushed the limits of physics in a race to end the war. Behind the scenes, there were real fears that the explosion could trigger a chain ...

The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in ...

How a deadly miscalculation turned a Cold War experiment into a radiological disaster.

Before trinitite, the only known naturally formed quasicrystal came from meteorite fragments, likely produced during a violent asteroid collision in the early solar system. This tells us that ...

(via Kyle Hill) On October 10th, 1957, a nuclear reactor fire broke out at Windscale in the UK becoming the first nuclear disaster to directly impact the public. Long before Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

For years, the nightmare scenario for the West was an Iranian finger on a nuclear trigger. The United States, Europe, and Israel spent decades and billions of dollars trying to prevent it through ...

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 ...