There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because ...

Anyone looking in the direction of the nuclear blast for up to 10 miles would experience temporary blindness that could last minutes, or even long-term blindness, and that's just the first millisecond ...

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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. “As of today, the ...

On the evening of August 4, 2020, a massive explosion rocked the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. The explosion happened as hundreds of cameras were already pointed at a burning warehouse, in which more ...

Editor’s note: This story is the first of a two-part series. The second installment will appear in Monday’s newspaper. Near the end of a washboard gravel road climbing uphill about five miles off ...

An incredibly luminous star system that has long baffled astronomers could soon light up the sky with the nuclear brilliance of thousands of suns, new research suggests. When that happens, the results ...