In October 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba, a nuclear weapon with a yield of 50 megatons. The explosion was ...

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from ...

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.

A 4.2 earthquake near Dimona hits Israel exactly during a national drill, sparking online speculation of a nuclear test amid ...

The earthquake measured 4.2 on the Richter scale. Its intensity and short duration immediately drew attention because it ...

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S. government representative defended the stance at a global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. military will launch an unarmed nuclear missile across the Pacific Ocean overnight Nov. 4, in a pre-planned firing that ...

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

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. It might not have as reverent a name as the Trinity Test or a litany of films made about it. But Project Gnome, ...