It’s a question that’s haunted scientists, governments, and anyone who’s ever watched a disaster movie set in Manhattan. Now, a detailed simulation offers a rather precise look at how an atomic bomb ...

Watch how the first atomic bomb test unfolded, as scientists pushed the limits of physics in a race to end the war. Behind ...

In one of the strangest films of the nuclear age, a row of ordinary suburban homes stands in the Nevada desert waiting for an ...

The Mk I bomb, nicknamed "Little Boy," was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. It was delivered by the B-29 Enola Gay (on display at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum), it detonated at ...

Editor’s note: This story is the first of a two-part series. The second installment will appear in Monday’s newspaper. Near the end of a washboard gravel road climbing uphill about five miles off ...

Polymarket removed a market that allowed traders to bet on the likelihood of a nuclear detonation around the world, after the U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran led to a spike in trading and sudden ...