Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is passing Earth. Scientists have studied using nuclear explosions to deflect comets. The goal ...

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably ...

President's vague "on an equal basis" phrasing could mean continuing scienced-based computer and lab testing or resuming live detonations for the first time since 1992.

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Nuclear energy is a carbon-free source of electricity that is essential to meeting the nation's growing demand, and Illinois ...

Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn't? Why were ...

The only countries that will really learn more if [U.S. nuclear] testing resumes are Russia and, to a much greater extent, ...

Before Sputnik – the first satellite – was launched, something unidentified was lighting up the night sky. A new study ties ...

Harnessing the reaction that powers the stars could offer potentially unlimited carbon-free energy, and the race is hotting ...