The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.

NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

A scientific investigation dismantles the widespread claim that an Iranian earthquake was actually a secret nuclear test.

Minutes after a magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit Iran on October 5, 2024, rumors swirled that it wasn’t natural—claims that ...

We don’t want to be tough on anybody,” he continued. “But they just can’t have a nuclear bomb.” Trump’s tougher stance on Iran resembles the approach during his first term. In 2018 ...

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Friday that the number of attacks on the ...

Another MP said: “I believe we need to conduct a nuclear bomb test, and there is no other way for us.” Kamal Kharazi, an adviser to Khamenei, said in November that the supreme leader’s fatwa ...

They can shine high-powered lasers onto various materials to simulate the conditions in the first few microseconds after a nuclear explosion. “Any country with an NIF-type facility can and ...

A nuclear weapon could potentially be sent into space to deflect an asteroid heading Earth's way, an astronomer has told Sky News. Dr David Whitehouse said the measure could be taken against a ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The explosion last month littered debris across the Caribbean. Gif: The Independent via YouTube ...