Instead, high-energy radiation and electromagnetic pulses dominate, posing serious risks to satellites, spacecraft, and ...

As the cloud cleared, Air Force bombers dropped in to gather air samples. Researchers hoped that the radioactive fallout ...

In 1962, the United States detonated a nuclear weapon in space during a Cold War experiment called Starfish Prime. The blast created artificial radiation belts that crippled satellites and disrupted ...

How would a Nuclear Bomb Affect the United States: Current public attention has focused on the possibility of a nuclear weapon attack by terrorists. The RAND corporation conducted an analysis to ...

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one.

From Pacific islands to global fallout, a new report traces how decades of nuclear testing left a silent health crisis that ...

Fears of a wider global conflict have resurfaced as wars continue across several regions. While nuclear war remains a distant ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he expects U.S. nuclear-weapons testing sought by President Donald Trump to stop short of actual atomic bomb explosions for now. “I think the tests we’re ...