In 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States launched a nuclear weapon high above the Earth and detonated it in ...

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

The fate of Iran’s enriched uranium stays unresolved, pushed into a sixty day negotiation that can be extended by mutual ...

We don't always get to pinpoint the exact moment the world changes. But when the New Mexico dawn was torn open at 5:29 am on 16 July 1945, it was, without a doubt, a pivotal moment in humanity's ...

Most of these bases were home to Russian strategic heavy bombers—aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Using Russia’s mobile phone network, Ukrainian operatives remotely launched the drones, ...

Little is known about Pickaxe Mountain, but some experts say it illustrates the impossibility of relying on force alone to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb. By Michael Crowley Reporting from ...

An unusual crystal created by America’s first nuclear bomb test could help scientists understand a structure needed for quantum computers, solar power, and batteries. Reading time 3 minutes America’s ...

During the Vietnam war, an accident on the USS Ticonderoga led to a B43 thermonuclear weapon disappearing beneath the waves ...