The blinding burst of light from a nuclear detonation follows, yet it quickly fades into an unexpectedly small mushroom cloud ...

Placed far enough away to still remain standing after the explosion, the interiors and exteriors of three homes were exposed ...

Say, for example, the Russians decided to launch a 200 kiloton RS-24 Yars at the fine city of Manchester and hit it dead on centre, according to Nukemap the initial fireball would have a radius of ...

With New Mexico being the birthplace of the atomic bomb, it only makes sense that our state’s national labs are also responsible for monitoring other potential nuclear tests anywhere on the planet.

Aside from seeking shelter from radioactive fallout, it pays to have the right survival kit.

FILE - The first U.S. atom bomb explodes during a test in Alamogordo, N.M., July 16, 1945. The cloud went 40,000 feet in the air, as viewed by an automatic camera six miles away from the site. (AP ...

Cameron’s upcoming film, Ghosts of Hiroshima, will focus on the aftermath of the atomic bombs in Japan - Universal History Archive/Getty “This might be the most challenging film I ever make.” So says ...

August 6, 1945 marked the beginning of the end of World War II when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima *** short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb ...

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is calling on churches across the nation to mark the “somber milestone” of the 80th anniversary of the detonation of the first nuclear bomb, which took place in New Mexico ...