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 ...

The Tsar Bomba's explosion was unparalleled in power. With a 50 megaton capacity, this nuclear test was estimated to be 3,800 ...

A Russian state corporation has released previously-classified footage documenting the development and detonation of the legendary ‘Tsar Bomba’ hydrogen bomb in celebration of 75 years of Russia’s ...

On a clear day, an airburst at 14,000 feet above ground level would produce a nuclear fireball two miles wide that would be hotter than the surface of the sun, reducing concrete and steel skyscrapers ...

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Key Point: The bomb also had a parachute to slow its drop, giving both planes time to fly about 30 miles from ground zero before the nuke detonated. Maj. Andrei Durnovtsev, a Soviet air force pilot ...

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 ...

Nuclear explosions for nuclear power plants and atomic weapons of mass destruction are among the terrifying events to have happened in the history of men. Unfortunately, there have been several ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has released previously classified footage of the world's largest nuclear explosion, caused when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba almost 60 years ago. The ...

Russia's Rosatom, the country's state-owned nuclear corporation, released a new rare and clear footage of Tsar Bomba's 1961 test detonation, the world's most powerful atomic bomb. The published video ...