At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity entered a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico. As the blast, known as the Trinity nuclear test, vaporised the ...

In 1957, scientists detonated a nuclear bomb under the Nevada desert — and launched a steel manhole cover at unimaginable ...

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...

Using lead as a coolant could save us from a nuclear catastrophe.

When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The country’s ...

Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.

Sun’ is being developed in Nottinghamshire as UK hopes to lead world in nuclear fusion power Joe Pinkstone joined The Telegraph in 2021. He is recognised for making complex scientific data accessible ...

China said US claims that it was carrying out nuclear explosive tests were baseless, and it accused Washington of being the main cause of uncertainty over the global nuclear order, according to a ...