The Trinity bomb test left behind a unique form of matter, and now, scientists have discovered a new chemical structure ...

Experts warn any new Iran deal must ban plutonium reprocessing and expose covert pathways to nuclear weapons, citing risks ...

President Trump ruled out using nuclear weapons in Iran on Thursday, saying there’s no need. “Why would I use a nuclear weapon when we’ve totally, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it ...

When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop nuclear weapons.

The front page of the Parkersburg News from Aug. 15, 1945. (Archive Image) Eighty years ago last week our country did something that had never been done before or since. They exploded an “atom bomb” ...

Japanese men carry a victim of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki in this August 1945 file photo by Japanese photographer Yosuke Yamahata. via REUTERS Eighty years ago, in one of the most consequential ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. Fear of radiation is a staple of the post-WWII era. Assumptions ...

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi recently sparked a fresh political controversy by warning the BJP that he would “explode a hydrogen bomb, which is bigger than the atom bomb.” Addressing a gathering, he said: ...

The blinding burst of light from a nuclear detonation follows, yet it quickly fades into an unexpectedly small mushroom cloud. The recording comes from the 1956 Yuma test conducted during Operation ...

Andrew Roberts argues that the U.S. was justified in bombing Japan because doing so ended the war more quickly and with fewer casualties than if the war had been fought to a conclusion by conventional ...