In Christopher Nolan's latest epic movie Oppenheimer, we see Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called "father of the atom bomb," struggling with the moral questions raised by his world-shaking invention. It ...

In late October 1961, a Soviet plane dropped Tsar Bomba, the largest hydrogen bomb ever detonated. Now, for the first time, footage of the massive explosion is available for the public to view, ...

The mushroom cloud of Russia’s biggest nuke was 8 times the height of Mt. Everest. This infographic will give you a visceral feel for that that means. It was called the Tsar Bomba, but the Russians ...

The Cold War saw the creation of some truly wild and destructive weapons systems. While the United States and the Soviet ...

On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union tested the largest nuclear device ever created. The "Tsar Bomba," as it became known, was 10 times more powerful than all the munitions used during World War II.

World News. Russia Ukraine news LIVE: Russia plans to invade the whole of Ukraine - Feb. 25 World News. Russia Ukraine Crisis: What happens if Russia takes over Kyiv? The thermonuclear bomb was ...

Tsar Bomba nuclear test was the biggest ever: Since Russia first invaded Ukraine nearly two years ago, President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin officials have routinely threatened nuclear escalation ...

For most of the world, Andrei Sakharov, who was born 100 years ago this week, is remembered as a fearless and tireless champion of human rights and freedoms in the Soviet Union. It was for his work as ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The video is an incredible piece of documentary footage. The video shows both the initial assembly of the enormous bomb, over six feet in diameter... The idea of ...

The Tsar Bomba was one of the most fearsome devices ever built, a multistage hydrogen bomb that shattered the idea that there were any technological limits to the destructiveness of atomic weaponry.

For decades, footage of history’s most powerful nuclear weapon was kept top-secret. Now, Russia is offering a behind-the-scenes look at the moments leading up to the detonation of that hydrogen bomb, ...