Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of U.S. Space Command, recently made waves when he publicly discussed a major threat that America’s newest military branch recently war-gamed — that of an adversary ...

A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by ...

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 ...

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity entered a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico. As the blast, known as the Trinity nuclear test, vaporised the ...