As global tensions rise, a horrifying simulation paints a vivid picture of the devastation wrought by a nuclear explosion, ...

When the nuclear bomb known as “Little Boy” detonated 1,500 feet above Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m., Aug. 9, 1945, it exploded with the force of 15,000 tons of TNT. The bomb killed an estimated ...

The TV series ‘Oppenheimer’ has reignited interest in the history of the 20th century, particularly in the atomic bomb and nuclear explosions. With the help of technology, we can now explore ...

When the first atomic bomb detonated, the blast created a new mineral never seen before on Earth. This will mark the beginning of a new geological epoch in Earth's history.

The "Fat Man" atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, remains one of the most significant and terrifying ...

In Physics of Fluids, researchers simulate an atomic bomb explosion from a typical intercontinental ballistic missile and the resulting blast wave to see how it would affect people sheltering indoors.

This photo captures the explosion of the second U.S. atomic bomb test detonated in the central Pacific Ocean at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, on July 25, 1946.

However, the maps visualizing explosions of the most powerful nuclear weapons that remain in the U.S. stockpile show that they would be considerably more destructive than the new model.

Representing the first atomic-bomb test with today’s CGI technology? No problem. But the director of “Oppenheimer” was Christopher Nolan, known for wanting as much captured “in camera ...

Scaling these findings up to a 2.5-mile-wide (4 kilometer) asteroid, with a 1 megaton nuclear bomb exploding about 1.25 miles (2 km) from its surface, the researchers suggested the resulting push ...

Christopher Nolan is not in possession of a nuclear bomb. However, the filmmaker caught peoples’ attention this past week when he revealed that his upcoming film Oppenheimer, a biopic of the man ...