Kremlin TV channel has shown a simulation of a nuclear strike on London that it says would kill 850,000 people with a further ...

The energy from a nuclear weapon can be broken down like this: 50% comes from the blast, 35% from heat, and 15% from nuclear ...

Radiation from a nuclear explosion can vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, a new study finds.

"Understanding how different asteroid materials vaporize and deflect will be critical for preparing for a planetary defense mission, should the need arise." ...

and explored its potential effects. Hundreds of large firestorms triggered by nuclear weapons could loft soot into the upper atmosphere, serving as the causative mechanism of the “nuclear winter ...

On a basic level, this makes sense: By that point, the Line fire had already released more energy into the atmosphere than a ...

Together, these developments represent a challenge to the institutions, rules, and taboos that have prevented the use of ...

Nuclear weapons are the most inhumane and devastating tools of war ... American and Japanese scientists studied the effects of radiation on hibakusha—with US studies criticized for focusing on ...

James Cameron will make Last Train From Hiroshima, a movie telling the atomic bomb story from the Japanese side, as soon as ...

With recent tensions between the US and Iran, you might be hearing a fair bit about nuclear weapons. They are considered the most destructive weapons in the world - their explosions are so ...