More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons ...

The risk of nuclear war is arguably higher than it's been since the 1980s, due to ongoing conflicts and tensions. So what would happen if a nuclear bomb was dropped on New York City?

Within a 6-kilometer radius of a 1 megaton bomb, blast waves would produce 180 metric tons of force on the walls of all two-story buildings, and wind speeds of 255 kilometers/hour (158 mph).

The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site ...

The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.

Nature suffers too. After the blast, a huge firestorm can start, fed by strong winds. It can burn for hours, using up all the oxygen and suffocating people who survived the blast. In Hiroshima, this ...

About 1,740 deployed nuclear weapons are available for use. The circles below show the blast radius of the Hiroshima atomic bomb compared with a modern hydrogen bomb.

When a nuclear bomb detonates, the devastation is immediate and terrifying. But outside the area of total destruction, the dangers don’t vanish—they change.

Outrider's nuclear bomb blast simulator shows what an attack on Knoxville would look like and how many deaths and injuries various kinds of bombs would cause.

In Physics of Fluids, researchers simulate an atomic bomb explosion from a typical intercontinental ballistic missile and the resulting blast wave to see how it would affect people sheltering ...

Simulations of a shockwave from a nuclear bomb blast show the best and worst places to take shelter in your home.