Hydrogen bombs cause a bigger explosion, which means the shock waves, blast, heat and radiation all have larger reach than an atomic bomb, according to Edward Morse, a professor of nuclear engineering ...

Escalating global tensions have increased the risk of nuclear conflict, with experts warning that major US cities like New ...

UN Nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said that Iran holds 440.9 kg (972 pounds) of highly ...

As the violent escalation in the Middle East entered a third day on Monday sparked by the bombing of Iran by Israel and the United States, the head of the UN atomic energy agency urged a return to ...

Gravity nuclear bombs are some of the most dangerous nuclear weapons ever created. These kinds of bombs, also known as ...

Aug. 6 and Aug. 9 are the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The killing of 140,000 civilians at Hiroshima was the effect of detonating a 60 million-degree ...

After a 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit Khonj, speculation of a secret Iranian nuclear test erupted. We break down the seismic signatures, enrichment levels, and expert analysis to determine if Tehran ...

A minute of silence was observed Saturday in Nagasaki, precisely at the time of the atomic bomb explosion dropped by a US bomber on the Japanese city 80 years ago, while the restored bell tower of the ...

Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn't? Why were ...

A 110-degree day in Las Vegas, a city dedicated to entertainment and capitalism, seems a strange place to commemorate the 80 th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Yet Las Vegas has its ...

The Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is now a museum exhibit.