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

Communities and servicemen have long argued they were harmed by fallout from above-ground nuclear weapons tests – but the UK ...

On August 6, 1945, the atomic mission against Hiroshima began. The primary strike aircraft was the B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by Tibbets and carrying the Little Boy bomb. Capt. William “Deak” Parsons ...

After decades of construction, the world’s first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuel is set to begin operations in Finland, becoming a final resting place for tons of dangerous ...

The Folio Society has revealed its Summer 2026 collection, a new line-up of finely-produced and illustrated editions spanning ...

White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico played a crucial role in the US space program, from early rocket tests to the moon ...

On July 16, 1945, when the world’s first nuclear explosion shook the plains of New Mexico, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who led the project, quoted the Bhagavad Gita: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer ...

In an interview for the Saturday Evening Post in February 1960, J. Robert Oppenheimer reflected on the Trinity Test, the ...

How they’re using AI at the lab that created the atom bomb.

North Korea on Thursday said its testing spree this week involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, as it pushes to expand nuclear-capable ...

The final oral history , recorded in November 1966, focuses on Enrico Fermi’s contributions to the physics community and Oppenheimer’s reflections on the physics community of his time. This interview ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Thursday its testing spree this week involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, as it pushes to expand ...