Maria Sharapova’s connection to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster goes back to before her birth. Her parents left Gomel, ...

Forty years after the Chornobyl disaster, tiny radioactive particles still linger in the soil, carrying a dangerous legacy.

Jordan Dunbar travels to Chernobyl to explore events that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster and to understand what we can learn from them. A woman reflects on how Kent families helped children ...

Some of Chernobyl’s radioactive debris is more resilient than scientists expected, offering clues to when the material ...

Explore the waterways of Chernobyl aboard an electric boat, taking a closer look at the abandoned surroundings and military ...

New genetic clues could reveal what the 1986 disaster left inside stray dogs.

Scientists found six Chernobyl radioactive particles retained their original structure after 40 years, offering insights into long-term nuclear contamination.

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Exploring an abandoned house in Chernobyl with a metal detector to search for hidden metal objects and discover what may have ...

Vladimir Putin faces compounding crises as a Siberian plague researcher's death adds to the Ukraine war toll and Russia's faltering economy.

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Sophia Arkadiyivna remembers when the Soviet Union built the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1977, just 20 miles from the village where she served as mayor. After years of atomic ...

Thirty years after the world's worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl power plant is surrounded by both desolation and clangorous activity, the sense of a ruined past and a difficult future. The plant ...