Thirty years ago this week, on an island in the South Pacific, France conducted its final nuclear test – ending a programme that exposed thousands of people to radiation over decades. The islands of ...

Discover the dramatic story behind the Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated. This video explores its Cold ...

Nuclear weapons tests were once a regular occurrence, but most countries haven’t tested in decades, following the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996. Now, that moratorium ...

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A group of artists is shining a light on the impact of climate change, rising sea levels and ...

A Norwegian rocket launched on 25 January 1995 in order to study the Northern Lights, was mistaken by Russia for an incoming nuclear missile on a direct course to Moscow.

In October 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba, a nuclear weapon with a yield of 50 megatons. The explosion was the largest man-made blast in history, producing a fireball nearly five ...

A local writer from Wigan has launched a key petition on Change.org that looks to mandate psychological testing for all ...

Imagine if you will, a low-cost, small weapons system. It could fly stealthily into enemy territory, not being mistaken for a bomber or any kind of missile. And then it could detonate a nuclear weapon ...

Behind closed doors with the experts who study the end of the world—and what they know about humanity’s capacity for survival ...

If you like your Cold War history shaken, not stirred, check out the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History’s 2026 Spyglass Festival. The three-day event, which begins Thursday, Jan. 15, will ...

The Nuclear Sponge is a five-part explanatory project by USA TODAY that aims to inform readers about the strategic debate and costs of modernizing the land leg of America’s nuclear triad. The United ...