In 1994, astronomers witnessed one of the most dramatic events ever recorded in space when comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter. Traveling at more than 216,000 km/h, the comet broke into 21 ...

Confusion on whether Iran truly needed only “two weeks to four weeks” to make a nuclear weapon, as President Donald Trump suggested on Monday, hangs over the ongoing U.S. and Israeli war on the ...

Can Iran bomb the U.S.? Does Iran have nuclear weapons? These are the closest potential targets to Wilmington.

There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because ...

Hydrogen bombs cause a bigger explosion, which means the shock waves, blast, heat and radiation all have larger reach than an atomic bomb, according to Edward Morse, a professor of nuclear engineering ...

A senior U.S. official offered new details Tuesday night about an alleged nuclear bomb test conducted by China in June 2020. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Yeaw spoke at a Hudson Institute ...

Social media-fueled theories of World War 3 have raised questions over what US states are safe should nuclear war happen.

With a new war comes new fears of World War III or possibly even a nuclear war. Here are 11 disaster supply items to have and ...

According to President Trump, the latest U.S. incursion into the Middle East is justified in part because he was not ...

With the war in Iran re-igniting fears of WW3 and nuclear war, scientists have deciphered which states would suffer a "nuclear winter" in the event of a nuclear war. Experts have long warned that ...