If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new ...
The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
NASA visualization showing a cross-section of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific ...
Scientists in China say a nuclear explosion could be the most effective way to stop a large asteroid—and they may have ...
When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The country’s ...
Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.
A massive explosion rocked southern Lebanon after an Israeli strike on what reports described as a suspected Hezbollah underground weapons complex, triggering a blast so powerful it was likened to a ...
The official verdict warns a nuclear incident at the STEP fusion project in Nottinghamshire could lead to “contamination of farmland” and to “many years of farming profit losses”. Models suggest there ...