The maps, which visualize the aftermath of nuclear explosions in major cities globally, were created with assistance from Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear historian at the Stevens Institute of Technology ...

Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion about 37 times more powerful than Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The simulation helped them identify safe and unsafe indoor spots to shelter during a nuclear attack.

A 350-kiloton W-78 nuclear bomb on Tokyo, the most-populated city in the world, would produce 760,490 deaths and almost three million injuries.

The image above shows the blast of a relatively small ten-kiloton nuclear bomb explosion, the same size as a nuke tested by North Korea in 2013. The green circle represents the area where ...

Radiation from a nuclear explosion can vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, a new study finds. An X-ray pulse may be able to vaporize the surface of an asteroid and ...

A chilling map shows the catastrophic impact a nuclear bomb would have if detonated in New York City, and the devastation ...