That mutilated statue, now known as Our Lady of Nagasaki or Hibaku no Maria (“Bombed Mary”), has become a living symbol of ...

The first nuclear bomb was detonated over New Mexico in the 1940s, only it didn't go according to plan and civilians ended up ...

The Trinity test’s legacy endures in New Mexico as the U.S. moves to expand nuclear weapons production amid health concerns ...

As tensions around the world bubble over, and if one crazy world leader decided to hit the big red button, you're going to want these items ...

The first atomic bomb is detonated near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. The successful test paved the way for the ...

As a result of a military aircraft crash, two hydrogen bombs dropped on North Carolina. Historians say it was a close call.

Key points of this installment After the bombing, unused photographic materials (35mm film, X-ray film, and photographic ...

The replacement bell at Urukami Cathedral waits to be installed in Nagasaki, Japan, Thursday, July 17, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of James Nolan By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jul 26, 2025 / 07:00 ...

It weighs 21,600 pounds, is dropped by parachute from a cargo plane and was first tested in Afghanistan in 2017 ...

YOUNGER, a retired physicist who worked at Los Alamos, on the fears of conservative activists who hold that a single atomic bomb detonated in space could lay waste to the United States. Advertisement ...

In 1939, scientists realized a terrifying possibility. If they could harness nuclear chain reactions, they might create a bomb far exceeding the power of conventional weapons. A letter signed by ...

In January 1961, a B-52 aircraft carrying two thermonuclear bombs crashed near Goldsboro, North Carolina. One bomb's parachute deployed and it was recovered from a tree, while the other crashed into a ...