At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity entered a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico. As the blast, known as the Trinity nuclear test, vaporised the ...

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 ...

On the evening of August 4, 2020, a massive explosion rocked the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. The explosion happened as hundreds of cameras were already pointed at a burning warehouse, in which more ...

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...

Map shows potential nuclear fallout risk across North America in the event of a nuclear attack (Image: Under the Nuclear Cloud) A chilling map simulation created by top scientists reveals how ...

The 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) has not yet entered into force due to the failure of eight key states, including the United States and China, to ratify it and Russia’s decision ...