The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if the biggest nuclear bomb exploded in space.

When a nuclear accident happens, it’s vital that scientists have accurate fallout models.

Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.

On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory study shows that the formation of radioactive fallout is more complex than some ...

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

We don't always get to pinpoint the exact moment the world changes. But when the New Mexico dawn was torn open at 5:29 am on 16 July 1945, it was, without a doubt, a pivotal moment in humanity's ...

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...

THE WORLD stands on the brink of a nuclear-arms race. If one can be avoided, a big reason will be this: currently, the first country to start such a race risks paying a terrible price. Rogue states ...

The Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is so large that it couldn't fit into the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's ...