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 ...

In a chilling reminder of the destructive power of nuclear weapons, scientists continue to study a rare radioactive mineral that was accidentally created during humanity's first-ever atomic bomb test ...

The vast nuclear arsenal of the US has seen some of its weapons scattered across the globe, with atomic bombs lost to the depths of the ocean — potentially waiting to be discovered by anyone. As ...

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...